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Black Gets Lesson On Boro Schools Community Leadership. Both schools opened in the fall inside Jamaica High School.

In response to pressure from the community, Jamaica’s successful Gateway Program will be expanded into its own school. Phase in will begin next fall and be complete by June 2015.

Currently, 180 students are enrolled.

Designed to prepare low-income, minority students for health-and science-related careers, the academically rigorous program keeps students and a team of teachers together through high school.

To attract a wide range of academic performers, 16 percent of seats will be set aside for students at the highest reading levels and 16 percent for those at the lowest.

Half the students will be chosen by school administrators. The other half will be random.

Lancman and Gennaro heralded the DOE decision as a win. After DOE officials decide on “closure,” a new school concept is generally chosen as a replacement.

“The new Gateway School preserves the very best that Jamaica High School has to offer, and its establishment is an example of what communities and the DOE can accomplish when they work together,” Lancman said.

Gennaro said he hopes that the preservation of the Gateway Program will serve as a model for other communities.

It is unclear whether the new schools will accommodate the 17 percent English language learners and 12 percent special education students enrolled at Jamaica.

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By JESSICA ABLAMSKY Chancellor-designate Cathie Black graced Queens with a tour of Hillcrest High School Monday, before Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) and Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) announced an additional school that will be phased in at the Jamaica High School building next year.

Not allowed into Hillcrest, reporters from multiple outlets waited nearly an hour and a half for Black, who answered a handful of questions.

“I have been very impressed with Hillcrest and every school I have visited,” said Black, who thought she has seen 10 schools already.

With less than three weeks until her official start date, and spending nearly every day in New York City’s public schools, Black said that she is ready to take on her new responsibilities.

“My sleeves are rolled up,” she said.

With four schools in Queens proposed for closure and 26 in the City, Black might have her work cut out for her.

After the City Dept. of Education was blocked by the courts last year from closing 19 schools, in early December Jamaica High School was again proposed for closure.

If approved by the Panel for Educational Policy in February, phase out of the more than 100-year-old school would begin next year and end June 2014.

Though the exterior structure is protected by landmark status, taking Jamaica High School’s place will be the Hillside Arts & Letters Academy and the High School for

Schools Chancellor Designee Cathie Black walks up the steps of Hillcrest High School flanked by State Sen. Malcolm Smith (l.) and Assemblyman Rory Lancman (r.).

“It is our responsibility as elected officials,” Lancman said, “to make sure that these kids don’t get lost in the shuffle.”

Pointing out the diversity of schools like Hillcrest, State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) said, “It is very important for [Black] to see that kind of diversity.”

Only large high schools like Hillcrest can meet the needs of a diverse population, Lancman said.

Although he did speak to Black about Jamaica, Lancman suggested to her that large schools could benefit by being broken down into smaller learning communities.

To create a small school feel, Hillcrest’s more than 3,000 students are organized into nine smaller learning communities, each with

its own theme, course offerings, guidance counselors and teachers.

Something that Lancman hopes will change under Black’s leadership is the lack of attention paid to class size; outgoing Chancellor Joel Klein never believed that class size was an important issue, Lancman said.

“When I first heard of Cathie Black’s appointment I was surprised, but I am trying to see the optimism in it,” he said.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has made education reform a central part of his administration and would not appoint a chancellor who would damage his record, Gennaro said.

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

All It Takes Is A Vote And A Dream

By JASON BANREY Lucia Allain always dreamed of finishing school, traveling the world and becoming a well-known news anchor for CNN. She had no doubt that she would attend college and become the first girl on her mother’s side to obtain a degree. But at a young age when Allain asked if she could go visit her father back in Peru, her mother revealed a secret, exposing the reality of how difficult it may be

to achieve her dream.

In 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 46 percent of Queens County residents were foreign born, some of whom are undocumented immigrants. As an undocumented immigrant herself, Allain is one of a large number of foreign-born residents seeking to attended college and start a career in America.

Allain’s dream is now on hold as she

A DREAM Deferred? our neighbors. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to follow suit and send this bill to President Obama,” said U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside).

“This is good news for the young, quintessentially American students who would directly benefit from this bill; we are all better off because of this vote,” said U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Kew Gardens). “This bill will make our great nation even greater with a modest improvement in our immigration laws.”

The bill has bipartisan support in the Senate; its original sponsor was Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), but Senate Republicans have blocked debate on any piece of legislation until a final vote is taken on tax cuts. The House GOP leadership opposes the bill. If the Senate does not pass the bill before Jan. 1, having it reintroduced and passed by the incoming GOP-controlled House is an unlikely prospect.

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Despite Allain’s status, she continues to exercise her right to voice her opinions, as she prepared for a trip to Washington D.C. to rally support, with other “Dreamers,” for the DREAM Act. “The fact that I’m undocumented doesn’t mean I sit around and do nothing,” said Allain. “[My status] makes me stronger. I am able to head out and meet with my peers and have a say in the democratic process.”

Like Allain, many other immigrant students from Queens headed to Washington D.C. to advocate for the passage of the DREAM Act. Kevin Kang, Youth Organizer for MinKwon Center for Community Action in Flushing, knows if Dreamers’ voices are heard, legislation will become law.

“The reason why the legislation made it through the Senate is because young people are stepping up and sharing their stories,” said Kang.

Although he is an American citizen himself, Kang became involved after realizing how much the immigration legislation would affect not only his friends but many of the people in his neighborhood.

“I once took my citizenship for granted.

I didn’t see the benefits of being an American citizen,” said Kang. “There are students out there who want more for themselves.”

Kang now works with high school students who want to attend college and see the passage of the DREAM Act as the only obstacle standing between them and a career in a country they have always called home.

When it comes to passing the DREAM Act, “it’s a matter of doing what’s right,” said Kang. “Students are ready to serve.”

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

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Nine years after it was first introduced, the DREAM Act may be close to becoming law, but hurdles still remain.

The DREAM Act, which stands for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, would provide students the opportunity to receive conditional permanent residency if they complete two years in the military or two years at a fouryear college.

Eligible students would be those who immigrated to the United States illegally as minors, graduated high school, are of good moral character and have been in the country five years or more.

The DREAM Act passed the House of Representatives as part of the Defense Department funding bill earlier this year, but the bill floundered in the Senate, filibustered by Republicans. The House passed a standalone DREAM Act on Dec. 8 by a 216-198 vote.

“We are one critical step closer to bringing the American Dream within reach for thousands of America’s children who are

awaits approval of the DREAM Act, legislation that would provide a path towards citizenship for illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children by their parents.

Allain’s family came to the U.S. in 2002 from Lima, Peru. In search of economic opportunity and a better quality of life, they moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan and later settled in Corona.

Although Allain’s elementary school did not provide her with ESL classes, she learned English within six months, primarily on her own. Before graduating from high school, Allain quickly adapted to her new home and became active in her community. Recently she won the Outstanding Community Leadership Award from the Mexican American Student Alliance for helping inform Queens residents about the importance of filling out 2010 Census forms in Jackson Heights.

Allain’s interest in journalism was sparked after visiting CNN’s offices in Manhattan.

When the opportunity of an internship with the broadcast company came up, she applied.

Due to her immigration status, Allain was turned down for the position and was devastated. Despite the missed opportunity, she did not put an end to pursuing a career in journalism.

Allain postponed enrolling into Queensborough Community College this fall to help her mother. By contributing the money she earns as a babysitter, one of the only occupations she could obtain due to her status, she helps pay the bills and buy groceries while saving money for enrollment in January.

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By ANGY ALTAMIRANO For many, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski in Japan are merely a few pages in a history textbooks, but for three women who survived the only recorded uses of atomic weaponry against a civilian target, sharing their experiences and making sure such actions are never taken again have become their life’s work.

Toshiko Tanaka, Reiko Yamada and Setsuko Thurlow were young girls in Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945, when an atomic

bomb fell on the city. This year, to honor the 65th anniversary of the attacks, they spent five days visiting New York City high schools in all five boroughs to share their stories with today’s youth.

Working with Hibakusha Stories, an initiative of Youth Arts New York, in partnership with Peace Boat, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation and New York Theater Workshop, the women had the opportunity to share eyewitness accounts of the atomic bombings with teens. In Japa-

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nese, the survivors of the blasts are called Hibakusha, and many have dedicated their lives to peace and working for nuclear disarmament.

On Friday, Dec. 10, the three survivors, along with Hibakusha Stories Program Director Kathleen Sullivan and Founder and Treasurer Robert Croonquist, paid a visit to a select group of 11th and 12th graders at Newcomers High School in Long Island City.

“Atomic bombs are morally unacceptable; we can take a stand to see it never happens again,” said Croonquist when he welcomed the students in the school’s library.

The main goal of Hibakusha Stories is to share the survivors’ tales with future generations, to entrust them with the stories in order to ensure atomic bombs are never used again.

“It is unique in the world, what we are bringing to high school students. I think it is unique in the country and in the world,” Sullivan said. “I see hearts open; I see hatred turn into forgiveness and friendship.”

Two groups of students came into the library in two class periods to meet the survivors. They were separated into three groups, with each survivor in the center sharing her experiences with students. Translators were seated alongside the survivors for full, accurate accounts of the events. The students listened attentively as each survivor shared their moments of fear and anxiety after the initial attack, uncertain of what would happen next.

“When you learn from a textbook you get nothing, but when you learn from actual people, it’s concrete,” said Hanna Zhuang, a 12th grader at the Academy of American Studies, a school that shares the building

with Newcomers High School.

“It makes me feel sad, and I got the message of the atomic bomb being bad,” said Jith Deydipro, 12th grader at Newcomers.

Thurlow, who was 13 when the bomb was dropped, shared her story with the students, but also emphasized the need for change. “It is you that has to change the society,” Thurlow said. “This is an urgent issue.” She stressed to the students around her that President Barack Obama needs support for disarmament and the end of constructing weapons that can replay the acts that took place in 1945.

“You can’t sit still and do nothing,” Thurlow said. “I count on you and the world counts on you.”

Thurlow trained and practiced social work in the United States and Canada and has devoted more than 40 years of her life to nuclear disarmament. She even made her concern for a world without nuclear weapons known at a session of the U.N. General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in October 2008.

Yamada, who was 11 at the time of the bombing, is a part of the Tokyo A-Bomb Survivors Association, and for more than 30 years has continued to tell her experience of the atomic bomb and to stress a nuclear weapon-free world.

“I sincerely hope that people all over the world should understand how a single atomic bomb could destroy a city and kill a large number of people indiscriminately and cruelly,” Yamada said.

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For Two Bits More The cost of doing business in Queens is going to get moderately more expensive come the new year. Since the most recent hike in meter rates, it has cost us 75 cents to park for an hour when out shopping or dining in Queens. It’s now going to cost a dollar.

Spread out over the year, that extra quarter we spend an hour when out shopping on Austin Street, Bell Boulevard, 37th Avenue or Jamaica Avenue is going to – if we’re busy weekend shoppers – cost us an extra buck a week, or about $52 for the year.

For some who rely on meters for long-term solutions, meters have never been the right method – but it still costs less than a garage. For those who use them less frequently, the impact will be less.

The upshot of all of this is that it still costs less to park and shop in Queens than in Manhattan, and despite the City figuring out how to squeeze an extra two bits out of us here and there, the simple truth is that we’re still going to frequent the shops we love in the best borough in the City – Queens.

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On Cross Harbor To The Editor: An open letter to Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward: My colleagues and I represent the Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood communities that will be greatly impacted by the Cross Harbor Freight Movement Program. As your agency undertakes the scoping phase of your Tier I Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, we want to bring our concerns to your attention and seek your agency’s assistance.

While the Port Authority is properly motivated by the need to reduce highway congestion and eliminate travel delays in the metropolitan region, we believe that it is critical that the EIS process underway also address the potential impact that each of the various alternatives would have on our communities.

Your proposed solutions to reduce highway congestion should not further erode the quality of life of the thousands of families living in our communities who are already overwhelmed by truck traffic on commercial and residential streets and the impact the current rail freight traffic through our communities.

As public officials, we have been aggressively working with government agencies, shippers and community organizations to address the adverse impact of current and nearterm projected increases in truck and rail traffic on our neighborhoods. We need your help to ensure

that community voices are heard in a meaningful way as your agency proceeds.

To do this, we respectfully request that the Port Authority retain a consultant who will work directly with local public officials and Community Board 5 to ensure that community views and concerns are properly documented and presented in the most professional manner for inclusion in the EIS. The communities of Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood have been energized over recent years to find solutions to what are already intolerable conditions for many of our residents as a result of current rail and truck traffic. We are in accord with your regional goals for coping with the movement of freight in the future, but we are determined to ensure that they are not achieved at the expense of our communities. Providing us with a consultant to work with us through this EIS process will help ensure the community’s views are incorporated into your final report.

Margaret Markey, Member of Assembly

Like McCarthy To The Editor: The well-known dialogue between Joseph Welch and Sen. Joe McCarthy during the Army hearings, when Welch finally toppled McCarthy by accusing the Senator of having no shame or decency in his treatment of a young Army law-

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yer, has been referred to on many parallel occasions when public officials have acted in an outrageous manner.

To those officials I nominate Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his abominable conduct in the case of Willets Point. In pursuing this questionable project for the benefit of his fat cat real estate friends, Bloomberg has been indifferent to the fact that hundreds of small businesses with thousands of their employees and families will be thrown to the winds; failed to live up to his claim that other locations and jobs will be made available; and prostituted the time-honored fact that eminent domain is only used for a public purpose and not for the benefit of real estate moguls.

To cap it all off, on Dec. 8, in a Banana Republic fashion, the antithesis of good government, the Mayor unleashed his storm troopers into Willets Point in an obvious attempt to harass and intimidate the small businesses, their employees and customers. Julie Wood the City’s EDC spokesperson denied the invasion was to target the small businesses, saying: “That’s not how the city does business.”

At long last Mr. Mayor, have you no shame? Have you no sense of decency?

Benjamin M. Haber, Flushing

Pr ivatize To The Editor: If Congress is serious about cutting deficits and curbing spending, it will have to re-evaluate all entitlement programs. It is an immutable undeniable truth that the Social Security system is unsustainable.

Criticism and calls for reform of Social Security are dismissed as blasphemous and un-American. The mythology of Social Security, the Holy Grail of progressives, is defended and propagated with misinformation and deception with cult like religious fervor.

One of the myths perpetuated is that only government can provide the “security” in Social Security.

Since 1980, when more than 75 percent of municipal workers in Galveston, Texas voted and were permitted to opt out of the system, workers who earned $51,000 per year are receiving $3,846 per month; workers who earned $75,000 are receiving $4,540 per month in retirement. The Galveston Plan is financially sound, is fully funded in advance and invests in guaranteed investment contracts avoiding risky assets.

There is no “retirement age,” participants own their investment, can designate beneficiaries, can pass Marcia Moxam Comrie, Contributing Editor Reporters: Sasha Austrie, Harley Benson, Joseph Orovic, Domenick Rafter, Jessica Ablamsky

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it on to their heirs and have a choice of options for payment of benefits.

Most importantly, politicians cannot raid the funds to pay other bills.

It behooves us to examine this successful plan as an alternative and model for reform.

Some claim that this kind of investment and privatization is risky, ignoring the fact that most retirement portfolios including police, firefighter, teacher and corporation pension funds, annuities, municipal entities, hospitals, foundations, 401Ks, are similarly invested. The government’s Social Security program is truly one of a kind. It is neither an investment nor a savings account but a Ponzi scheme that has run out of other people’s money.

Common sense dictates we explore alternatives and stop recycling failed and discredited economic policies. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is, according to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity.

Ed Konecnik, Flushing

Dear Frank…

To The Editor: An open letter to Sen. Frank Padavan: In looking back on your tenure as our New York State Senator, we acknowledge your stellar record of achievement. You have always been available when called upon and you have made significant contributions to our community. These efforts on your part have improved our lives and will have a positive impact for generations to come.

In 1973 you were largely responsible for the legislation that enabled the Queens Farm Museum to take over 47 acres. Today the Queens Farm Museum is one of the most successful attractions in our city.

During the Koch administration, a men’s shelter was placed in a building on the Creedmoor campus. This frightened many of the home owners in the area, causing a selling spree. There was significant “Block Busting” by real estate interests. There were numerous protests by area residents. It was you who filed a lawsuit against the State, forcing the closing of the facility.

The facility was subsequently replaced by a residential care facility for the mentally challenged which has been well administered, causing no problems for the community.

The local Little League, HBQVB, once was renting the property it used from the State for $1,000 per year. This property was always in danger of being taken away if the Alan J. Goldsher Advertising Director Shelly Cookson Corporate & Legal Advertising Account Executives Tony Nicodemo Joanne Naumann Earl Steinman Larry Stewart Shari Strongin

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You initiated legislation allowing the Little League to purchase the 14 acres, making payments over a three-year period. This occurred between 1970 and 1980. Later, you helped make available, for a modest fee, a tract of land that ran behind the fields that had been part of a rail spur.

In the 1970’s the City tried to either close our local elementary school, PS 18, or redistrict it into School District 29. We and our children are in your debt for the successful fight you waged to keep the school open.

Also in the 1980s, the YMCA on Hillside Avenue needed to expand its facility. You made State-owned property available for their use.

In the 1990s, there was an attempt to build senior housing right next to St. Gregory’s Church.

Many of the local residents had strong concerns as to the wisdom of the location. The issue was resolved when you enabled the passage of legislation to make available property on the grounds of Creedmoor.

In recent years, you helped acquire land from the State to build the beautiful new Glen Oaks school compound. In recognition of all the effort and assistance you gave in bringing this project to fruition, the complex has been named the “Frank Padavan Campus.”

These are only some of your achievements in our local area that come to mind. The number of valuable, day-to-day services you have provided to your constituents surely number in the thousands. You have been our State Senator and a true friend to our community.

We can honestly say, if it were not for all you have done during your tenure as our State Senator, we would not have this great community of which we are so proud, one that has remained a place where families chose to live and raise their families.

Bernard Aquilino, Bellerose Manor

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This Is Surely Not The Way I Would Run Things!

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER As the holiday season is now in full swing, politics takes a back seat. Why would anyone think any legislature would be in session during the holidays?

You mean t he average Joe works? Does the average legislator? Congressional, State, or City?

If they are working, you likely will find them doing um, “fact-finding,” on a junket to some far off land, paid for by someone other than themselves. Now these folks who can’t take gifts, sure can take gift trips – by some other name.

How often in your lifelong work experience, has some foreign government, trade organization, civic or cultural cause offered you a free, all expenses paid trip to China, Israel or wherever? Now remember it can’t be a gift because the electeds can’t take gifts of value.

And it can’t be to influence their

decisions because that would be an ethical violation. So why do we see so many electeds on all levels of government flying across the world on someone else’s dime?

Because they can.

They make the rules.

WHAT’S IN A NAME? Before you think this is another of my rants, allow me to change pace and subjects.

Ed Koch deserves every tribute the people of this city can offer. He was and in certain respects still is Mr. New York. He gave us life and reason and fun back in his day. He still entertains and enlightens us.

But damn, the Queensboro Bridge has been the Queensboro Bridge for more than a century and certainly should not be renamed for anyone living. At times, Paul Simon caused us to think of it as the 59th Street Bridge as we were “Feelin’ Groovy,” but there are too few City landmarks named for our borough and now they are taking that magnificent bridge from us forever to be known for the Mayor who wanted to know how he was doin’.

Or is it forever until some other City Council with a different orientation decides to name it for someone else?

Now I’m picking on Ed Koch – and I really like the guy-but he’s alive and well and still writing movie reviews which he star ted for our papers. Living people shouldn’t get bridges (or tunnels).

Sorry Hugh Carey, the Brooklyn Bat ter y Tunnel shal l always be just that to me.

I still call the RFK Bridge the Triborough – t hough p erhaps someday I’ll make the adjustment.

Bobby is gone – tragically lost his life while running for President.

I think my rules would be: 1) the government doesn’t name anything for living people; 2) If it has had a name for, let’s say 100 years, its permanent — even the government can’t change it – unless it’s named for a person who later proves to be a mass murderer or even better.

So they leave Gracie Mansion named for some guy who built a different building but had to sell it to pay debts, on the site of the official residence of the Mayor of New York City, but take the beautiful Queensboro Bridge of my youth and change it to a cacophonous Ed Koch Bridge. Geesh!

Sorry Mr. Mayor, but I’m one of those purists. If you’re breathing, you’re entitled to our thanks, not our signage.

And if it is named for Queens,

you ca n’t cha nge it no mat ter what!

WHAT’S IN A NAME 2?

The Gotham Gazette reports that The Chocolate Librar y, the recently opened ar tisanal chocolate shop in the East Village, may have to change its name. They cite a Diner’s Journal report that it’s actually illegal to incorporate the words library, school, academy, institute and kindergarten without the education commissioner’s consent. And the folks at the State Education Department are enforcing the law.

So here’s th is cute lit tle chocolate shop and a creative small businessman who has set it up as a reference to all who follow chocolate: with products clearly informatively labeled in white cubicle, to shelve s accompa nied by touch screen information kiosks for all to learn about chocolate.

What are they afraid of? Perhaps it will help make kids like going to the library.

If the State Ed bureaucrats prevail, Gotham Gazette reports that their law yer is incor porating a back-up name: Chocolate 101.

Isn’t the State Education Commissioner busy enough deciding on the qualifications of Cathie Black not to get involved with the name

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Clouds Lie Ahead For Years to Come

By HENRY STERN As the holidays approach, people are speaking broadly about the past year and what lie s ahead for 2011.

There is a sense of war ine ss, if not p essimism, which colors our views of the future, at Henry least as far as public issues are concerned. Individual’s’ personal outlooks vary widely, depending first on their own physical and mental health, then on personal economic issues. In these times, the focus is more on the availability of employment t han the level of fulfillment it may provide.

The statistic of 9.8% unemployment is somewhat of an underestimate of the state of the economy. It does not count the underemployed, or the people who have given up looking for jobs and dropped out of the labor market.

Unemployment remains high when the stock market and corporate profits are rising, so it is not as if a shrinking economy is to blame. It seems that America needs fewer workers than it used to, and that much of the unemployment is becoming structural, and therefore less likely to be cured when economic conditions improve.

Another concern of individuals is reflected in their belief that

conditions will be more difficult for their children to deal with than they were for the parents.

Upward social and economic mobility has been taken for granted in America for generations, particularly in immigrant communit ie s.

Stern For the first time, many people are uncertain that the next generation will be able to get into the schools they did, or hold the jobs t he y have, or buy home s equivalent to those in which they live. This pressure is particularly acute on the middle class, or people who have good jobs in manufacturing, or on the lower levels of middle management. NAFTA and robotics may add to premonitory feelings of anxiety.

We don’t think too much about issues like how the next generation, or the ones after that, will pay off the ever-increasing national debt, or pay the interest that accrues annually on the $13.56 trillion public debt of the Federal government (as of 9/30/10).

We should also think of the balance of payments between imports and exports, under which the United States for years has paid more for the goods it imports than it has received from the goods it sells abroad. That is another trend that cannot continue indefinitely,

yet it shows no sign of abating.

In the last few days, the controversy between President Obama and the Republican leadership in Congress appears to have led to a compromise, which is the only alternative to inaction, neither side having enough votes to pass anything.

However, both the Democratic and the Republican plans are supposed to be paid for by increasing the national debt. The parties differed widely as to which category of taxpayers should get relief, and the Dems succeeded in winning a year’s extension of unemployment insurance, which seems increasingly necessary as the recession continues, but which does not result in increasing employment.

The sensible compromise, which appears to be on track, was intended to resolve those differences. However, the accommodation of the partie s came at the expense of the future. If we believe that the growing debt will ever be repaid or substantially reduced, we have postponed the time when that might happen.

There are many other reasons to be concerned about the future. Nuclear proliferation is the most obvious and threatening. The problem is more severe when nonstate actors acquire nuclear weapons, which is probably only a matter of time, as North Korea may

place parts of its arsenal on sale in mint condition and never used.

To us, these problems arise from the rapid advances in the physical sciences made in the last few centuries, rushing far ahead of the behavioral science s. It has taken billions of years for our species to evolve into what it is now, and we cannot expect substantial change in the handful of generations that may remain before, as my mother used to say, “anything happens.”

StarQuest@NYCivic.org

of a chocolate shop?

CAST YOUR VOTE This is not the first time I’ve raised a writ ten eyebrow at the City’s purchase of the new voting machines. These big boys come under a nationwide program with Federal money attached – HAVA, Help America Vote Act. New York State’s implementation of its program “Election Reform and Modernization Act of 2005” (“ERMA”), came after great delay and I’m sure much lobbying.

Well, naturally the City had to wait for the State and, I’m certain, deal with more lobbyists – the winning company spent more than half a million dollars lobbying the city with a lobbyist who has since been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in an unrelated political matter.

And this process, which took New York State longer than any other state in the union, produced mach ine s where: pr ivacy wh ile scanning is in doubt; type has to be made tiny to squeeze all the candidates on it; the reverse side of the ballot has to be used for propositions and the like; to tabulate results, the scanning machines produce lengthy spool-like printouts that are difficult to decipher; and the initial tabulation for the first General Election using machine s, missed 80,000 votes in Queens alone and some 200,000 in the state.

Any competent computer programmer can write a script to enable ordinary computers to match the form required to be used to forward to the police and Board of Elections, but the City’s failure is the result of a $50 million purchase.

Now I don’t mind the lobbyists making their money. And I don’t violently mind the politicians getting their campaign contributions. But to me, for $50 million, we should have got ten the best machines available.

System fail!

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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May your holidays be merry and bright. Best wishes to all for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

Queens This Week Major Rezoning On Tap For CB 9 Community Board 9 and residents of Woodhaven, Ozone Park and Richmond Hill got a sneak preview this month of the proposed rezoning of parts of the three neighborhoods, the first rezoning for much of the area in half a century.

The plan, presented at a special CB 9 meeting Dec. 2 at Emanuel Church of Christ in Woodhaven, would involve a 248-block section of the neighborhoods. In Woodhaven, the plan would affect the entire neighborhood north of and including Jamaica Avenue between Elderts Lane and the border with Richmond Hill at 98th Street, as well as south of Jamaica Avenue between 89th Street and 98th Street south to 91st Avenue.

In Ozone Park and Richmond Hill, the rezoning area covers over a mile and a half of neighborhood between 102nd Street in Ozone Park to the Van Wyck Expressway between 103rd Avenue and Atlantic Avenue and north of Atlantic Avenue between 112th Street and 123rd Street to Jamaica Avenue.

Currently, the entire Woodhaven section of the rezoning area is zoned for R3-1, which allows 1-2 family detached or semi-detached housing, with a maximum building height of 35 feet with a 15-foot front yard and one parking space per unit.

The new zoning plan would designate much of the neighborhood at R3-A or R3-X which would no longer permit semi-detached houses. The only exception would be west of Forest Parkway and a few blocks of Central Woodhaven where semi-detached or attached homes are already commonplace. Jamaica Avenue, between Elderts Lane and Woodhaven Boulevard will be rezoned to R5D, allowing development up to 40 feet in height, but the section of Jamaica Avenue east of Woodhaven Boulevard to 100th Street will be rezoned R6A, allowing for development up to 70 feet tall.

"That stretch of the Avenue has been stagnant for a while and there are a lot of blocks with just one-story buildings. This will encourage development," said Woodhaven Residents Block Association President Ed Wendell on his blog Project Woodhaven.

All of the planned rezoning areas of Ozone Park and Richmond Hill are currently zoned R5. That will not change for properties along the whole length of 101st Avenue in the

zoned area, but most of the rest of the area will be rezoned R4-A, which will only allow detached homes. This designation is meant to protect many of Richmond Hill's famous Victorian and Queen Anne homes from being razed, as has occurred in parts of South Richmond Hill and Ozone Park to make way for boxy two-to-three-story apartment buildings. City Planner Brendan Pillar said the goal of the zoning was to prevent overdevelopment leading to structures that are "out-ofcharacter" with the community.

Some 18 blocks in Ozone Park, from 102nd Street to 112th Street between 101st Avenue and 103rd Avenue and 102nd Street to 105th Street between 95th Avenue and 101st Avenue will be zoned R4-1, which would allow semi-detached houses, but limit the height to 35 feet, lower than the 40 feet the current zoning allows. Also, a stretch of Atlantic Avenue between 110th Street and 122nd Street will be rezoned R6-A, which would "reinforce the already strong commercial corridor," Pillar said.

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

—Domenick Rafter

Pol Spends Week In Bulgarian Shoes Like something conjured by the mind of Hollywood, Bulgaria is a study in contrasts.

Breathtaking ancient structures stand next to crumbling communist-era construction.

Travel is only accomplished with difficulty. There is no national road system, and most streets are made of cobblestone.

No, the Queens Tribune did not spend a European vacation in Bulgaria. That description comes compliments of Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), who is back after a whirlwind eight-day speaking tour.

An honor rarely bestowed on City Council members, Halloran traveled the country, lecturing about constitutional reform and the rule of law, subjects he wrote about extensively in postgraduate law papers.

He was invited by Yane Yanev, the senior member of Bulgaria's Conservative Party, which supports such Western-style ideals as freedom of the press, freedom of speech and transparency in government. In European politics today, that platform is considered center-right.

FDNY and emergenc y crews assess the damage when a dumptruck collided Tuesday morning with an empt y school bus on Woodhaven Boulevard shortly after the start of the school day. Crews at the scene said it seemed that the truck slid on black ice. The driver of the bus was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

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Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen

Scar y Slide:

Bordered counterclockwise by Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey, Bulgaria is an eight-hour flight from New York. Ruled for millennia by monarchs, in 1944 a bloodless coup saw the Fatherland Front come to power.

After communism fell in Eastern Europe, the country transformed itself, but democracy has only come slowly.

Filling the power Dan Halloran speaks to Dr. Nikola Sabotinov (across the vacuum left behind table, not pic tured), president of the Bulgarian Academy of a r e f o r e i g n a n d Sciences, at a meeting in Sofia. To Halloran's right is Yane homegrown crime Yanev, chairman of Order, Law and Justice, the political syndicates t h a t party hosting Halloran on his visit to the countr y. plague residents and the business community.

"It gave me a very different view on what With the support of corrupt government we need to do to make things right," he said. officials, the Russian mob controls energy Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky at production, while the Bulgarian mob domi- jablamsky@queenstribune.com or (718) nates the building trades.

357-7400, Ext. 124.

"These people are living day-to-day where —Jessica Ablamsky they have to literally pay off people to make business happen," Halloran said. "There's a Forest Hills HS state-run press there. They clamp down on newspapers and television stations that don't Bouncing Back make the government look good. You can't So often we are quick to offer excuses for have a real democracy without a free press." failing schools; overcrowding and massive At venues that ranged from convention cuts in funding are often cited as reasons for centers to a municipal court, Halloran spoke decline. Then in flies Forest Hills High before shocked crowds.

School, an oft-lambasted but still effective "I can't tell you how many people, after I institution more famous in recent years for its would speak, would say, 'I can't believe you tiered schedule to accommodate its seamwould say something like that. We all know busting population than its results. it's true. You can't say it,'" he said. "Of Hard work, it would seem, has paid off in course, in their country, they are afraid to say the face of budget cuts and enrollment swells. things about the government."

Three elected officials gathered to laud Those fears are probably well founded. the school's principal, Saul Gootnick, for Widespread wiretapping by the government leading one of the borough's largest schools is a daily reality, but Halloran's visit signals into two successive years of A grades from hope. the Dept. of Education.

According to sociologists at two major "I'm very proud of the work you do to universities in Bulgaria, center-right groups keep this school No. 1," said Councilwoman are poised to topple the ruling government in Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills). the next few years; the people are calling for Standing amid his sports memorabiliaa constitutional convention. strewn office, with three elected officials handHalloran himself came home with a re- ing him proclamations, Gootnick credited a newed appreciation for life as an American big-picture focus for the school's success. citizen.

"You make everyone want to come to "I learned how wonderful it is to be an school," he said. "It's learning that achieves American citizen, and how we take for granted the results." so many of the things these people are strugGootnick said through the help of fundgling to now catch up with," he said. ing from Assemblyman Andy Hevesi (DThere is no doubt that these are rough Forest Hills), State Sen. Toby Stavisky (Deconomic times. Some New Yorkers do not Flushing) and Koslowitz, he was able to have enough food to eat. But in Bulgaria, install smartboards in every classroom. rough times mean no food at all.

"We are taking this building and, kicking After speaking at an amphitheater to 3,000 and screaming, bringing this school into the people, he encountered the Roma, or gyp- 21st Century," he said. sies, begging.

Koslowitz also allocated a sizable chunk "I gave them a couple of lev, which is the of city funding towards updating the school's local currency, and it was like the greatest library, which Gootnick joked still had Presithing that ever happened to them," he said. dent Franklin Roosevelt's ghost still roaming "They get very little education. They can live around. in orphanages until they are 25 or 30 years The principal was effusive in his thanks to old, because the government doesn't take the elected officials and their help in making care of them." up for steep cuts from the DOE. Halloran spoke with a 25-year-old Roma "It's a community effort, not just a school who had never voted, out of fear that the effort," he said. government will punish him for the wrong And in a City where test results reign vote. Though there is no evidence that the supreme, Gootnick openly flipped the prioriruling party tracks individual votes, they do ties in his school, with great results. crack down on areas with too much support "I think in some schools, data drives edufor the opposition. cation," he said. "In our school, education "They are completely disenfranchised," drives data." he said.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at The trip highlighted for Halloran ongo- jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 357ing issues in government, like transparency, 7400, Ext. 127. particularly in government spending.

—Joseph Orovic

Vets Get Court Suited To Their Needs

By DOMENICK RAFTER A new court will allow veterans in Queens to have a better chance to access the help they need. Thanks in part to federal money allocated by U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (DBayside), Queens became the 51st locality in the country to open a special Veterans Court this week, aimed at helping veterans caught up in the criminal justice system get the services they are entitled to.

“I can’t think of another group that has done so much and asked for so little,” said Judge Fernando Camacho, president administrative judge of the Queens Supreme Court, Criminal Term.

Judge Marcia Hirsch, presiding judge of the Queens Veterans Court, said the court was different from others because it would

assign mentors, also veterans, to defendants.

After a ceremony opening the new court on Monday, Hirsch heard her first three cases.

Queens DA Richard Brown said the court was “not only smart, but the right thing to do.” He noted that veterans often come back from wars with emotional and psychological scars that cause them to get caught up in drugs and alcohol, which often lands them in jail.

Anyone who has served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard and is over the age of 18 and either a U.S. citizen or resident alien is eligible to participate in the Queens Veterans Court.

Referrals will be screened by the DA’s office.

Veterans groups applauded the court’s opening. Pat Toro Jr., president of the Viet-

Queens DA Richard Brown (3rd from r.) joins (l. to r.) the Hon. Sol Wachtler, Professor of Constitutional Law at Touro Law School and former Chief Judge of New York State; the Hon. Marcia Hirsch, presiding Justice of the Queens Count y Veterans Cour t; the Hon. Judy Harris Kluger, Chief of Polic y and Planning for the New York State Courts; Fred Wilpon, CEO and Chairman of Sterling Equities and the New York Mets; and the Hon. Fernando Camacho, the Presiding Administrative Justice of Queens Count y Supreme Court, at the opening of the Queens Count y Veterans Court.

nam Veterans of America, Chapter 32, was pessimistic about the court actually coming to the borough.

“I personally didn’t think the Veterans Court would come to Queens,” he said. He said the court is not only important for veterans of Vietnam, 200,000 of whom have ended up in jail, but also for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I know the horror of veterans falling through the cracks,” Toro said. “Iraq and Afghan vets lean on us for support.”

The Queens court is the fifth in the state, after similar courts in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.

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

No Answers After Sweep

By JOSEPH OROVIC In the week following a multi-agency sweep of Willets Point, the City has offered little to explain its motivations behind the sudden and stringent enforcement of every law on the books in what has largely been a 62-acre no man’s land.

The NYPD’s silence on the matter, as well as continued enforcement of previously-ignored infractions, has fueled beliefs the sweep was part of a larger scheme to unsettle local business owners and workers.

The city, in a massive redevelopment project, plans to clear out all the existing owners and businesses on the 62-acre site and develop it into a mix of housing, retail, community and park space.

The NYPD was joined by the Departments of Buildings, Business Affairs, Housing Preservation and Development, Environmental Conservation, FDNY, traffic cops and even the ASPCA last Wednesday. Police cruisers cordoned off the hexagonal area between 34th and 37th Avenues and 126th Street and Willets Point Boulevard.

The cops made more than a dozen arrests, according to Marco Neira, president of the

Willets Point Defense Committee, a group of business owners and tenants fighting for relocation.

The group’s members, along with workers and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (DEast Elmhurst), gathered in the Iron Triangle to protest the most recent raid on Dec. 9 Ferreras said at the time not even she was able to reach the NYPD for a reason behind the sweep. She did not respond to requests for comment as of printing.

Neira claimed the Sanitation Dept. has continued its enforcement against derelict cars, tagging any unregistered vehicles on the streets then having them towed away.

Neira said Ferreras is organizing a Dec. 21 meeting for all parties involved, including the NYPD, to hear an explanation.

Until that meeting, and long after, Neira said the Defense Committee plans to maintain pressure on the City.

“We are going to continue fighting until we get relocation help,” he said. “That is our goal.”

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

NYC Council Member

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Karen Koslowitz wishes you Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year.

Happy Holidays!

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very happy new year.

Councilman Jim Gennaro

New LGA Boss Keeps Boro In Mind

By DOMENICK RAFTER LaGuardia Airport is under new management. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey named 24-year employee Tom Bosco, formerly deputy general manager, as general manager of the 71-year-old airport.

Bosco has worked at all three of the area’s major airports. He has a long career in aviation, and served in the U.S. Army, where he flew helicopters. The 1980 graduate of West Point served in Operation Desert Storm and, as a Lt. Colonel, led his National Guard battalion in providing security at Ground Zero after Sept. 11.

Bosco said his priority is “the safety, security and efficiency of the airport,” which he said will serve a total of 23 million passengers in 2010, employs 7,000 people and creates $7 billion in local economic activity.

“It was a seamless transition,” he said about his first day as general manager. As he

previously worked in operations and security at LaGuardia, his first day “was just like any other day.”

He said a major concern is the surrounding neighborhoods of Astoria, College Point, East Elmhurst, Flushing and Jackson Heights that have to deal with the noise and traffic the airport brings in.

“I also want to ensure that airport operations have a minimal impact on residential communities surrounding the airport,” he said. “I want to ensure our neighbors reap the benefits” In reaction to Zagat’s recent survey calling LaGuardia the worst airport in the country, Bosco said it didn’t come as a surprise.

“There is some truth to that when you look at its infrastructure,” he said.

The Central Terminal Building, he explained, needs to be reconstructed to handle the number of passengers the airport currently serves, and the number its

projected to serve in the next 30 years.

The terminal, which hosts nine airlines, was built in the early 1960s and renovated during the late 1990s, but is out-of-date.

US Airways and Delta Air Lines have their own terminals at the airport that are much newer, having been built in 1992 and 1983 respectively.

Bosco said the airport’s aging infrastructure does not affect implementation of recent security procedures, but is a problem for serving passengers effectively and efficiently.

LaGuardia opened its new control tower last fall, which Bosco said has been a muchneeded improvement. The tower brings new technology to the airport and is settled further back than the old one to give air traffic controllers better line of sight, and removes obstructions.

Bosco’s goal is to leave a legacy of a “safe, secure, efficient airport.” One that is ready for the increase in air traffic the facility

projected over the next few decades.

Though a resident of Staten Island, Bosco, who sits on the Queens Chamber of Commerce, feels close to the borough.

“My heart is definitely in Queens,” he said.

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

PA Shores Up Security

By DOMENICK RAFTER The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced a $120.4 million project to install security bollards in front of airline terminals at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty.

The bollards, permanent columns a few feet high around the outside of the terminal, are being installed to prevent vehicles from crashing into the terminals either by accident or purposely in terrorist attacks, similar to the attack on the airport in Glasgow, Scotland in 2007 in which terrorists drove a car packed with bombs into the airport’s main

terminal. They are designed to meet requirements set by security assessments and the federal government.

“Protecting our customers and employees is the Port Authority’s highest priority,” said PA Chairman Anthony Coscia. “Completing installation of the bollards at all of our airport terminals will help meet this goal.”

The PA has already installed bollards in front of terminals it owns, like the Central Terminal Building and Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport; the new bollards will be installed at “tenant terminals,” or termi-

nals which are owned by specific airlines, such as the Delta and U.S. Airways terminals at LaGuardia and the American and JetBlue terminals at JFK. The Port Authority said the cost of the project will be recovered through passenger facility charges.

Through the 2011 budget, the Port Authority said it has spent more than $6 billion in upgrading security at its facilities, including the AirTrain and Queens West.

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

Tom Bosco has taken the reins at LaGuardia Airport.

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Queens CLOSEUP Musical Theater Workshops FSF Community Theatre Group, 41-60 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, is offering two workshops in acting, singing and dance for 10-19 year olds. Starting in January they will offer “Learning the Basics” for beginners and “Beyond the Basics” for intermediate students, all of whom will be in the May Musical Revue, May 14, 21, 22. To learn more call (516) 521-5500.

The cost is $150 for both classes, and includes t-shirt, costumes and a party. For non-members there is an additional $20 registration fee. Classes begin January 2011.

Make-A Wish The Second Annual Make A Wish Foundation Winter Festival kicked off a week-long event Dec. 11 with more than 1,500 people stopping by the Queens Garden Nursery to visit the Train Show and Santa Claus. This event runs through Dec. 19, with a Grand Finale that all will enjoy.

Danny Naimoli, from Naimoli Landscape Design has designed and built a masterful train layout that enables the children to spend time enjoying several different setups. And to finish it off, Santa is waiting to speak with the children. So stop by anytime to visit the show that benefits the Make A Wish Foundation.

Rob Cascarino of Cascarino’s Pizza has been generous as always, supplying pizza for all. And the Msgr. Dillion Knights of Columbus has provided volunteers to assist in the week-long event. We want to thank everyone for giving back and assisting those special needs and dreams of the Make A Wish Foundation.

The Grand Finale will be Saturday, Dec. 18, and Sunday, Dec. 19.

Queens Graden Nursery is located at 15410 Cross Island Parkway, Whitestone.

The Nutcracker

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Tchaikovsky’s classic music comes to life at Flushing Town Hall Sunday, Dec. 19, 2 p.m., as Ballet for Young Audiences introduces children to the story of Clara’s Nutcracker. Visit the Enchanted Forest with its magical dancing snowflakes and the wondrously beautiful Sugarplum Fairy in the Kingdom of the Sweets. $16/$12 Members; $12 Children/$10 Member Children. FCCA is located at 13735 Northern Blvd., Flushing. For information, visit flushingtownhall.org, or call the box office: (718) 463-7700, Ext. 222.

Willow Lake Tour With the new gates unveiled at Willow Lake and a massive revitalization underway, Willow Lake will have controlled access with tours by the Urban Park Rangers this fall.

Sun, Dec. 19, 10 a.m., Duck, Duck, Goose - tour about the various species of waterfowl that use the lake each winter.

Handel’s Messiah The holiday season has come and what better way to celebrate it than to hear the Oratorio Society of Queens presenting its Annual Holiday Concert Dec. 19. The concert will feature excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” and performances of everyone’s favorite Christmas carols and Chanukah songs by the chorus, soloists and The Orchestral Arts Ensemble of Queens under the direction of Maestro David Close. The performance will be held at Queensborough Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, at 4 p.m.

Tickets: $25 for General Admission ( Orchestra and Balcony); $20 for Seniors (62

and up) and Students with ID; Free for Children 12 & Under. To order tickets and for more information call (718) 279-3006 or go to queensoratorio.org.

Dialogue Project Queens Community for Cultural Judaism presents “The Dialogue Project” with Marcia Kanery facilitating an honest discussion between a Muslim and a Jew that asks the question: How can we better talk and listen to each other? The event will be held Dec. 18, 1 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Ash Avenue at 149th Street., Flushing. Light refreshments will be served and admission is free. To learn more call (718) 380-5362.

Drug Aid Narcotics Anonymous hold meetings throughout Queens every day. For the helpline, call (718) 932-6244. You can also visit them online at westernqueensna.org.

Christmas Concer t A free Christmas Concert will be held at the Colonial Church of Bayside. “Start At the Manger . . . Then go to the Cross” will be held Saturday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 19, 10:30 a.m. There will also be a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 8 p.m. This is at the Colonial Church of Bayside, 54-02 217th St. For more information call (718) 2243899.

Camera Club The Flushing Camera Club is celebrating its 40th season of serving all of Queens, Long Island and New York City. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month, at 146-01 45th Avenue, enter at 45th Ave & Burling Street.

Come and spend an evening with us to learn about good photography and to enjoy excellent photography related programs.

Validated free parking is available.

For more information call (718) 749-0643 or go to flushingcameraclub.org.

FDR Dems Meet The FDR Democratic Association will meet Thursday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. at the Chabad of NE Queens, 212-12 26th Ave., Bayside.

The guest speaker will be Rona Freiser, Queens United Federation of Teachers, Borough Representative.

Special Needs Group The Samuel Field Y is pleased to offer Project Child, an after-school program for children ages 5-15 with ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, learning disabilities and high-functioning children on the Autism Spectrum. Project Child operates during the school year and is located in Bayside, NY at the Bay Terrace Center of the Samuel Field Y. Project Child offers high child-to-staff ratios and includes programming specifically designed to meet the needs of children with learning differences and special needs. Homework help and snack are provided daily, as well as educational and recreational activities. Project Child operates from 2:30-6 p.m. daily when school is in session. For more information, including fees and registration, contact Meredith Guberman at (718) 4236111, Ext. 228 or email MGuberman@sfy.org

Great Christmas Get into the holiday spirit with this unique presentation of Christmas music featuring St. Gregory’s the Great Adult Choir, Cham-

ber Singers and guest solo artists. The program includes works by Bach, Handel, Holst, Mendelssohn, Rutter, Willcocks and others in addition to traditional carols and Catholic holiday favorites. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. All are welcome!

The Church of St. Gregory the Great is located at 242-20 88th Ave., Bellerose. The event will be held Sunday, Dec. 19, 3 p.m.

For more information call (718) 347-3707.

Fresh Meadows Camera The Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets every Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. They have critiques, Photoshop classes, competitions, and assorted shoots in their own facility. Call Joe at (917) 612-3463 or Richie at (646) 8315962 for information and directions.

Queens NOEL On Dec. 17 and 18 there are to be two performances, each night, of NOEL: A Night of Everlasting Love, The story of Christmas in Concert. It is the same performance that one can see at Disney World and Disneyland during the Christmas season called the Candlelight Procession with many celebrity narrators. Our Queens NOEL will be held at The Flushing Town Hall and feature a 70-plus choir and an orchestra. Since Jacob’s Gift is a unique Christmas tale with its roots in the Borough of Queens it will be featured as the opening number for each performance.

Queens should be known as the Borough of Christmas Caroling and what an honor it bestows on our Richmond Hill Community.

(Read the introduction below.) The event will also be taped to be broadcasted over Queens TV. The 7 p.m. performance on Dec. 17 will be a benefit for the Friends of Maple Grove and will have all past, present and future Aquinas members in attendance. We hope you can help us to let everyone know about this unique and special event that has its heart in the Borough of Queens and our community. Our students continue to us very proud.

We are also looking for sponsors who will help support the event. We hope you will attend this special evening. I have enclosed a copy of the flyer for you to see and share.

Please call me with any questions. If you would like a copy of Jacob’s Gift please let me know.

Jacob’s Gift is a Christmas tale written by the students of the Aquinas Honor Society of the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates, Queens NY based on historical events and uses actual people and places from the town of Richmond Hill, N.Y. in Queens County. Jacob Riis and his family resided in Richmond Hill for nearly thirty years and he loved it dearly and took an active role in the community. The first Christmas caroling started by Jacob took place in the year 1911 on Christmas Eve.”

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

Among the topics expected to be dis-

cussed at the next meeting: the Forest Park Carousel, graffiti in the neighborhood, and the proposed rezoning of Woodhaven. For more information on the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, call (718) 2963735, or visit them online at woodhaven-nycorg.

Community House Relax, improve your health with meditation, every Thursday at 10 a.m. with Ronnie at the Queens Community House Kew Gardens, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 202.

Be A Hero The Forest Hills Jewish Center will be having a gala “Be a Hero” Auction on Dec. 18. We are asking our local business friends and neighbors to “Be a Hero” and help support our mission. By donating a gift or a gift certificate for use as an auction item or raffle prize you can become one of our heroes. And we always remember our heroes.

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

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

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

Let your merchants know about this event and the opportunity they have to “get their message out” to a substantial audience, through this auction.

For more information, contact Debbie Gregor, Exec. Director of the Forest Hills Jewish Center, (718) 263-7000, Ext. 293.

Special Celebration Soprano Caroline Chirichella Brody of Forest Hills and tenor Paolo Buffagni will perform a holiday-season opera recital with pianist Michael Fennelly for residents at the Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home on the Upper East Side.

The recital will take place at 1339 York Avenue (near East 72nd Street), in the auditorium, on Monday, Dec. 20, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., with as many as 50 residents in attendance.

Brody and Buffagni will perform songs in French, Italian, German and English, including passages from classics ranging from “La Boheme” and “La Traviata” to “Candide,” “Don Giovanni,” “Die Fledermaus” and “The Tales of Hoffman.”

World Of Opera Tom Newby will deliver another lecture in his series “The World of Opera & Broadway” at a meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55 and over, on Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St. Newby, a retired English teacher, performs concerts as a singer and is active in community theater as a director and choreographer. Attendees are invited to bring lunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee and cake.

For further information, call the Temple at (718)261-2900.

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Meter Mania:

Electeds, Civics Decry Coming Hike In Price Of Parking On Boro Streets

The daily routine of feeding the meter will get pricier starting in January as new meter rates are phased in across the borough.

“Talk about a lousy Christmas gift.

People won’t even be able to go shopping without the city nickel-and-diming them at every turn,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who sits on the City Council Transportation Committee.

“This is a petty decision that will hurt average New Yorkers, like Woodhaven residents, who have to park on the street in order to go about their daily lives,” said Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association President Edward K. Wendell.

Wendell said the rate increase would hurt businesses on Jamaica Avenue, which is lined with parking meters, and residents who may get more parking tickets because of the change.

“This appears to be déjà vu all over again,” said Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District and the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation, and member of Community Board 9.

“This will really hurt small mom-and-pop stores on Jamaica Avenue, and deal a painful blow to local commercial strips across New York City.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach) said the new rates would drive residents to shop away from local business strips.

“It will result in more parking tickets for residents and other consumers who, instead of boosting their local small businesses, will drive out of these areas to malls with parking lots to avoid such parking harassment,” he said.

ment District, said he was torn on the issue “We don’t want people to spend more money than they do,” he said. “But the City is in trouble. Do we need to help out the City? I think so.”

He said most of those who park along Bell Boulevard will not be hurt by the rate hike, but seniors were his primary concern.

“If they want to come do a little shopping, and eat, it would be difficult,” he said. “An extra quarter to a senior citizen in this economy would hurt.”

The rate increase, he said, would hurt retail stores more than restaurants because retailers rely on pedestrian traffic, which could be muted if parking costs more.

Leslie Brown, executive director of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, said that she did not expect the change to make much difference to shoppers, but feels the neighborhood has been a target for police, especially along Austin Street and 71st/Continental Avenue.

“The bigger problem is the ticketing blitz that happens here,” she said.

Of primary concern to locals is notification of the change.

“I hope the DOT at least has the decency this time to post signs informing everyone of the change,” Wendell said.

During the last change, he said, the new rates were not well publicized and as a result people who did not know the rate had changed only found out when they found tickets on their windshields.

“The change needs to be well publicized,” said Brown, “They really have to let people know well in advance.”

Not All Are Outraged

Other Solutions?

Gregg Sullivan, executive director of the Bayside Village Business Improve-

Sullivan said there were other issues the DOT needed to work out with his

Up In Arms

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By DOMENICK RAFTER The plan to increase parking meter rates at the beginning of the new year is being met with across-the-board outrage from officials and civic associations around the borough who say the increase unfairly targets working class New Yorkers.

Starting Jan. 3, the Dept. of Transportation will change the rate for 25 cents per 20 minutes to 25 cents for 15 minutes. That would increase the cost of onehour parking from 75 cents to one dollar.

The change will affect thousands of parking meters along major commercial strips like Bell Boulevard in Bayside, Austin Street in Forest Hills, Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills and Middle Village, 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights and Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven and Richmond Hill.

The hike comes only eight months after another rate hike, which brought the cost from 50 cents per hour to 75 cents. During that increase, the DOT said it hoped to raise an additional $12 million.

When running for City Comptroller in 2009, John Liu said that the City raises $200 million a year in parking fines and that adding new agents pays out exponentially. He said then that he could see the City reaping close to $1 billion a year in parking fines and collections within the next few years.

group over parking meters in Bayside.

He, along with Community Board 11, fought to increase the time limit on the meters from one hour to two, which the DOT agreed to do before the holidays.

The plan has still not been fully implemented. The DOT also wants to keep the meters active past 7 p.m., until 9 p.m., an idea Sullivan does not favor, but sees a chance of compromise on.

“My suggestion would be to raise the rates after 7 p.m.” he said, when seniors, who would be most effected, do not use the meters as often. “I’m not in favor of

the later parking meters, but as a compromise, it may work.”

The rates will also change in Manhattan, where commercial and non-commercial vehicles would have to shell out $3 at muni-meters to park for an hour south of 86th Street, up from $2.50, where the City raised it from $2 last spring. The DOT said it plans on having the new rates set citywide by the end of June.

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

The familiar scene of a traffic agent ticketing a car at an expired meter may become more commonplace as uninformed drivers put in their usual 75 cents for an hour and show up 50 minutes later with an ticket because their meter expired five minutes earlier.

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Boro Holiday Recipes Sure To Be A Delight

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY As the winter chill sets in and holiday meal planning reaches a fever pitch, some of Queens’ restaurants have pitched in to share some of their classic recipes to help make your holiday party planning a little easier – and better tasting than the same ol’-same ol’ that you’re used to dishing out every year.

Babaganoush 2 large eggplants 3-4 cloves garlic 3-4 T mayonnaise 1 T vegetable oil Juice from half a lemon Salt and pepper to taste Wrap the eggplant with foil and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour or until soft. Remove from oven and place them in a ceramic bowl to cool. Remove the skin and drain off excessive liquid. The inside should be soft. You can use large kitchen knife to chop the pulp for a couple of minutes.

Mash the garlic cloves and add to the eggplant pulp and mix with a fork.

Add the mayonnaise, oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

Mix well with fork until it is a creamy consistency. Adjust salt and pepper to fit your flavor.

Courtesy of The New York Falafel Bar, 72-32B Austin St., Forest Hills, (718) 2689500.

Broiled Salmon and Shrimp 1 8oz. salmon filet 1 clove of garlic diced 2 Jumbo shrimp 1 T of olive oil 1 t of paprika Sprinkles of salt, black pepper, oregano, lemon juice, white wine Place the salmon and shrimp on a metal tray. Add garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, paprika, lemon juice and white wine.

Broil for eight minutes at 450 degrees Serve with roasted red potatoes and mixed vegetables.

Courtesy of Piccola Italia Ristorante Italiano, 102-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills, (718) 261-8713.

Galaktoboureko 1 Filo Pkg. Approx. 22 Sheets 3 Eggs 6 C milk 1 C Semolina Fine or Farina 1 C sugar 1-1/4 stick butter unsalted Zest of 1 lemon 1 t vanilla Whisk eggs and milk together; add the sugar while stirring and then the semolina.

When well-mixed and smooth, turn on the heat to about medium to low, stirring constantly. Add the lemon zest and vanilla. Cook for 15-20 minutes until the custard thickens to about pudding consistency. Add 1/4 stick of butter and remove from heat.

In a greased 14x18 pan, place 10 sheets of filo overlapping the side of the pan and buttering each. Pour in mixture, fold the filo edges onto the custard and top with remaining filo sheets buttering each.

Cut into squares and bake in a 350 degree oven 45 minutes.

For Syrup: 1 C water 1 stick of cinnamon 2 C sugar Peel of half lemon Bring all ingredients to a boil for 5-8 minutes.

Pour syrup at room temperature over the hot Galaktoboureko. Let it set until it’s absorbed, about one hour.

Courtesy of Mykonos Restaurant, 37 Great Neck Rd., Great Neck, (516) 773-8010.

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Quick Brunswick Stew 1/2 pound salted butter 3 C diced sweet onions 2 T minced garlic 1 sprig fresh thyme 2 bay leaves 1 t cayenne pepper 1 T freshly ground black pepper 1 t salt 1/4 C Worcestershire sauce 1/2 C vinegar bbq sauce 1/2 C sweet bbq sauce 1 lb smoked pulled pork 1 lb smoked pulled chicken 1 lb smoked chopped beef brisket 3 Qts crushed tomatoes 1 Qt drained yellow corn kernels 1 Qt drained lima beans 1 Qt chicken stock Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the diced onions and the garlic and saute until the onions are translucent, about 15 minutes. Stir in the cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, thyme, bay leaves and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes then add 1/2 cup of vinegar sauce and 1/ 2 cup of bbq sauce. Stir in the pulled pork, chicken and brisket. Add the crushed toma-

toes and all of the vegetables. Stir in the chicken stock and let simmer for a couple of hours over medium heat. Transfer the stew to a serving bowl and serve with warm cornbread.

Courtesy of 3BROS Butcher BBQ, 4021 Bell Blvd., Bayside, (718) 224-7753.

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Compiled by DOMENICK RAFTER

110th Precinct 100th Precinct DWI COP: On Thursday, Dec. 9, at 78th STRUCK DOWN: On Sunday, Dec. 12, at approximately 4:58 p.m., police responded Street and Queens Boulevard, off-duty NYC to a 911 call for a pedestrian struck by a Police Officer Luis Moncayo, 27, was arvehicle at the intersection of Rockaway Point rested and charged with DWI. Boulevard and Beach 204th 114th Precinct Street in Breezy Point.

CARD SNATCHED: The Upon arrival, police found NYPD is seeking the public’s that a 2002 Saturn sedan travelassistance in regard to a Grand ing westbound on Rockaway Larceny that happened in Astoria.

Point Boulevard struck Anne On Sunday, Oct. 31, at apReilly, 84, of 108 Arcadia Walk, proximately 3:30 a.m., inside Breezy Point, who was crossing Cavo restaurant at 42-18 31 Ave. northbound across Rockaway in Astoria, a 31-year-old HisPoint Boulevard at Beach 204th panic woman realized that an Street. unknown suspect had taken her The vehicle, driven by a 78purse. Among the items conyear-old woman, remained on tained in the purse was a Chase the scene. EMS also responded say t h i s debit card, subsequently used in and transported Reilly to Police Brookdale University Hospital woman stole a debit several locations to purchase in Brooklyn, where she was pro- card and used it to items totaling almost $1,000.

The suspect is described as an nounced dead on arrival. No make purchases.

Hispanic woman in her mid-30s, criminality was suspected. An with light brown long hair in a accident investigation was onponytail, wearing a red hooded going. sweatshirt and dark gray pants.

Anyone with information in 102nd Precinct regard to this incident is asked CURBSIDE KILL: On Tuesto call Crime Stoppers at (800) day, Dec. 7, at approximately 577-TIPS (8477). The public can 6:44 p.m., police responded to a also submit their tips by logging report of a pedestrian struck on onto the Crime Stoppers Web the southbound Van Wyck Exsite at nypdcrimestoppers.com pressway near 97th Avenue in Richmond Hill.

The man at the top of or by texting their tips to 274637 Police determined that an the photo is accused (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. unidentified man in his 50s was o f s t e a l i n g a V i s a All calls are strictly confidential. sitting at the right side curb line debit card and using CARD THEFT II: The NYPD of the southbound Van Wyck it for his own goods. is seeking the public’s assistance Expressway when a vehicle traveling southbound in the right lane struck in regard to a theft that occurred in Astoria.

On Monday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m., the vichim. The vehicle continued south, fleeing the scene. EMS responded to the location and tim, a 37-year-old white man, realized that transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital his Visa debit card went missing from his where he was pronounced dead on arrival. wallet. The card was subsequently used to There were no arrests and the investigation make purchases at several locations, with an unknown suspect purchasing items in exwas ongoing. cess of $2,000.

The suspect is described as a black man 103rd Precinct FOUND SHOT: On Thursday, Dec. 9, at in his early 40s, with short black hair, wearapproximately 11:20 a.m., police responded to ing a gray sweater, a dark vest and dark a report of a person shot in front of 146-10 pants.

Anyone with information in regard to this 105th Ave. in South Jamaica. Upon arrival, a 28-year-old black man was discovered lying on incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also EMS also responded to the scene and submit their tips by logging onto the Crime pronounced the victim dead on arrival. There Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com were no arrests and the investigation was or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) ongoing. The identification of the victim was then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. pending proper family notification.

In The Bank

Amalgamated Bank opened its new branch on Grand Avenue in Maspeth Tuesday with a ribbon cutting. Attending were Branch Mgr Peter Fornino, Amalgamated Pres & CEO Derrick Cephas, Assemblywoman Marge Markey, Councilwoman Liz Crowley and Richard Calixte of the Queens Economic Development Corp.

Photo by Ira Cohen

New Media

Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza cuts the ribbon of the newly expanded Computer Learning and Multi Media Center at Flushing House Senior Retirement Residence, which was funded through a $5,000 grant she secured.

Photo by Ira Cohen

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EMS Citation

Councilman Dan Halloran (r.) presented a City Council citation to Jason Maffia, a Whitestone resident who has provided emergency medical services to members of EMS and fire departments throughout New York City and Nassau County for the past nine years.

Mezuzah Blessing

Jets Kid

Jewish Child Care Association’s recently celebrated the opening of its new offices in Rego Park with a mezuzah blessing. Pictured l. to r.: Elizabeth Schnur, JCCA Sr. VP; Andrew Hevesi, NY State Assemblyman; Richard Altman, JCCA CEO; Sandra Katz, JCCA Family Day Care Director; Rabbi Ilan Ginian, JCCA Kew Gardens Hills Center Coordinator; Daniel Dromm, NY City Councilman; and Debby Perelmuter, JCCA VP.

Thanks to the New York Jets and JetBlue, 8-year-old Shonesh Gurung enjoyed on-field activities at the Jets game vs. the Bengals at Meadowland Stadium on Thanksgiving night. Shonesh, a participant in the Sunnyside Community Services after-school program at PS 199, was selected to participate in the Jets “Tee Kid” experience.

Photo by eEyeCam.com.

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During her stint as principal for a day at Forest Hills High School, Sen. Toby Stavisky spoke to two social studies classes, answering students’ questions about her legislation, background, views and outlook for the upcoming session in Albany.

Local staff and the national CEO came to Sky View Park on Saturday to cut the ribbon at the shopping center’s new Applebee’s Restaurant.

Photo by Ira Cohen

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer attended the Kiwanis Sunnyside Club’s 63rd Annual Dinner Celebration where he received the Community Service Award. Pictured l. to r.: MC Gerald Lederman, Van Bramer and Kiwanis Club President Carol Masiello.

Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

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New Beds At QHC Queens Hospital Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the arrival of 40 new Medical/Surgical beds to help meet the growing demand for healthcare services posed by recent hospital closures in the borough. Pictured l. to r.: Julius Wool, Executive Director of Queens Hospital Center; Jasmin Moshirpur, Dean/ Regional Medical Director, Queens Health Network; Ann M. Sullivan, Sr VP, Queens Health Network; Councilman Leroy Comrie Jr.; Assemblywoman Barbara Clark; Boro Prez Helen Marshall; Sen.-elect Tony Avella; Julia Blair, QHC Community Advisory Board Chair; and Antonio D. Martin, Sr VP, Central Brooklyn Family Health Network and Exec Dir, Kings County Hospital Center.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The NYC Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a public hearing on the following application: Variance (§72-21) to allow for a commercial building, contrary to use (§22-00), lot coverage (§23-141), front yard (§23-45), side yard (§23-464), rear yard (§33-283), height (§23-631) and location of uses within a building (§32-431) regulations. C1-2/R6, C2-3/ R6, C1-2/R7A, R5 zoning districts. Address: 85-15 Queens Boulevard aka 51-35 Reeder Street, north side of Queens Boulevard, between Broadway and Reeder Street, Block 1549, Lot 28, 41, Borough of Queens. Applicant: Eric Palatnik, P.C., for 85-15 Queens Realty, LLC, owner.

Community Board No.: 4Q This application, Cal. No.: 31-10-BZ, has been calendared for Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:30 P.M., session, 40 Rector Street, 6 th floor Hearing Room “E”, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this applica-

tion. If this notice is received by the business office of a cooperative or condominium, please notify all tenants of the cooperative or condominium in the office’s customary manner and post the hearing notice in the common areas. This application can be reviewed at the Board offices, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This notice is published by the applicant in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Standards and Appeals.

Dated: December 6, 2010 Eric Palatnik, Applicant ________________________________________________________________

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

Mohan Sawh Sole Organizer 90-35 202 nd Street Hollis, NY 11423 Tel: (718) 217-5119 _______________________________________________________________ Law Office of Anthony Clemenza PLLC Notice of the formation of the above named Professional Limited Liability Company (“PLLC”) Articles of Organization filed with the Department of State of NY on 7/26/2010. Office Location: County of Queens. . The Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: 61-11 Queens Blvd., Woodside NY 11377. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. ________________________________________________________________ M & J HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/29/10. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 39-27 Bell Blvd., 2 nd Fl., Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes. _______________________________________________________________ Dupont Street Associates LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/02. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 79-63 68 th Rd, Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: General. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of King Home Inspections, LLC, a

LEGAL NOTICE domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on October 22, 2010 New York office location: Queens County. The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to c/o King Home Inspections, LLC, 8419 51 Avenue, #3A, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. _______________________________________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2004-4105/A SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To Eustacia Green, Tammy Beckham, Robert Beckham Williams, Erik Johnson*, if living and if dead, to [his/her] heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if [he/she] died subsequent to the decedent herein, to [his/her] executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Matthew Beckham a/k/a Mathew Beckham, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, and to *as the heir of the postdeceased distributee Luela Beckham Washington Avis Jestine Adams, Darnell L. Adams, Sanders Adams Shawn Antoine Adams, Pleshette Adams, Thelma Beckham, Natasha Denise Hill, Hanif Walton, Akil Walton, and to Tamika Beckum, Abdul Jamar Beckum Johnelle Beckham and Levone Beckham as the heirs of the post-deceased distributee Sandra Beckum, Enid Washington as the heir of the post-deceased distributee Luelle Beckham Washington, Norman Green and Richard Green as the heirs of the post deceased distributee Luella Beckham Green, and Michael Green, Veeraniqica Green, Rochelle Reaves Porter, Michelle Owen, and Robert Terrence Green III as heirs of the predeceased children of the postdeceased distributee Luella Beckham Green A petition having been duly filed by Richard Green, who is domiciled at 107-15 Watson Place, Jamaica, New York 11433 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CASUE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 20th day of January, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Mathew Beckham a/k/a Matthew Beckham lately domiciled at 131-15 230 th Street, Jamaica, New York 11413 admitting to probate a Will dated February 12, 2003, a copy of which is attached, as the Will

LEGAL NOTICE of Mathew Beckham a/k/a Matthew Beckham deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [X] Letters Testamentary issue to: Richard Green (State any further relief requested) NOV 04 2010 (Seal) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Ann C. Northern, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner 718-596-5168 Telephone Number 26 Court Street, Ste. 1603, Brooklyn, New York 11242 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] _______________________________________________________________ File No. 2009-4813/A CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Mildred Siewers; Harry Von Oehsen; Public Administrator, Queens County; To the heirs-at-law, next-of-kin and distributees of GIESELA AHLERS, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirsat-law, next-of-kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by KARIN RANA who is/ are domiciled at73-38 – 199 th Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11366, United States YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on January 13, 2011, at 09:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of GIESELA AHLERS lately domiciled at 73-38 – 199th Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11366 United States admitting to probate a Will dated February 11, 1999, (and Codicil(s), if any, dated) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of GIESELA AHLERS deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: X Letters Testamentary issue to KARIN RANA Dated, Attested and Sealed, NOV 16 2010 Seal HON. Robert L. Nahman Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Ira Levine, Esq. Print Name of Attorney Ira Levine, Esq. Firm (516) 829-7911 Tel. No. 320 Northern Boulevard, Suite 14, Great Neck, New York 11021 Address NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. _______________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 30592/09 NYCTL 2008-

LEGAL NOTICE A TRUST, AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 2008A TRUST, Plaintiffs –againstHAROLD M. WEINBERG AND “JOHN DOE No. 1” through “JOHN DOE No. 100” inclusive, the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/ or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. ADDRESS: Vacant Land, 171st Street, Jamaica Estates, New York BLOCK: 9826 LOT: 63 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty days after service is completed if the summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHTTHE OBJECT of the above entitled action is to foreclose a tax lien for the amount due and interest, recorded in the office of the Register/Clerk of the County of QUEENS on the 15 th day of July, 2008 and bearing County Register File Number 2008000280711 covering premises described as follows: ADDRESS: Vacant Land, 171st Street, Jamaica Estates, New York BLOCK: 9826 LOT: 63 COUNTY: QUEENS The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the tax lien described above. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the county where the Property being foreclosed upon is located. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 22, 2010 New York, New York WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF LLP MICHAEL H. RESNIKOFF, ESQ. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 156 W E S T 5 6 TH S T R E E T N E W YORK, NEW YORK 10019 PHONE: (212) 237-1102 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-

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DANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Court dated SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 and filed along with the supporting papers in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien. SCHEDULE A – DESCRIPTION ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the building and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, designated on the Tax Map of the City of New York for the Borough of Queens as Section 43, Block 9826, Lot 63. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation 494 Broadway, LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 6/18/04. Off. Loc. In Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 4211 Northern Blvd, Queens, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________

forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $8,278.40 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim from Kilnyo Kim in the amount of $27,000.00 should not be paid and should she fail to appear to collect said funds, said funds should be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance on her behalf; and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 16th day of November, 2010 HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate, Queens County Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 4599000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11 th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person.

If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-atlaw appear for you. Accounting Citation

File No.: 2009-2810/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Sonia Davies, Kilnyo Kim, Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of JOHN MICHAEL DAVIES, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of JOHN MICHAEL DAVIES, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 35-30 73rd Street, Jackson Heights, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of JOHN MICHAEL DAVIES, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6 th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 13th day of January, 2011 at 9:30 o’clock in the

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Leisure

Taking A Journey In Stone And Wood

By JASON BANREY Each year, as par t of an international series of exhibit ions, the QCC Ar t Galler y at Queensborough Community College hosts an ar tist from t he community, ceremoniously displaying the indiv idual’s art ist ic effort to the world.

Many of the ar tists who are chosen are not known throughout the art world. This year’s featured ar t ist, alt hough popular among her own fan base, takes QCC Ar t Galler y v iewer s through a si lent set t ing where the inanimate comes to life.

Inspired by human forms and relationships, A Journey in Stone and Wood features a culmination of Gladys Thompson Roth’s work. The exhibition displays a collection of sculptures produced by Roth, revealing her work that spans 35 years of sculpting.

Roth has mastered the art of sculpture, bringing many materials into her repertoire.

Creations are chiseled through an impulse dictated by her connection to the elements themselves.

“Finding a form within a block of stone

or a piece of wood is an adventure,” said Roth. “The sounds of stone responding to a chisel are par t of the music and rhy thm of carving. It’s musical.”

Created through a technique called direct carving, Roth’s works are fashioned from mediums such as soapstone, cola-bola wood, ony x, clay, bronze and alabaster into impressions that result in active forms of characters, portraying love, motherhood, and the freedom within the female figure.

As Roth carved and chipped her way through each of the displayed elements, she developed a connection with each piece; a relationship she believes enables her to see the true form within each of the materials she works with.

Before Roth took the first step on her journey toward developing what would become her life’s work, she did not recognize the feminine theme that was cast over many of her projects.

“When you see it all together it says something,” said Roth.

By sharing her work with an audience, Roth hopes to translate to viewers an overall

sense of feminism.

Roth rarely displays this many pieces under one roof other than her own, and somet imes finds it hard to par t with her sculptures.

“They’re my friends. I like remembering how they came about,” said Roth.

“I say to myself, would [my ar t] share the same meaning to anybody else? I don’t picture that they would. So I don’t give them away – and I don’t sell them.”

Although she is possessive of her ar twork, she invites visitors to come assess the collection of her work that she believes summarizes a sense of her world.

The exhibition will run at the QCC Ar t Galler y through Feb. 28. T he galler y is located at 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside. To learn more, cal l (718) 6316396 or go to qcc.cuny.edu/Ar tGallery.

Reach Intern Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

Gladys Thompson Roth’s work is on display through Feb. 28.

New Twist On Classics An Afrikan Kwanzaa

REVIEW

In Southeast Queens

By ANGY ALTAMIRANO The Holiday season has arrived, bringing to Queens the eight nights of Chanukah, Santa’s night of present giving and the week-long celebration of Kwanzaa.

Kwanzaa is observed Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 every year in the United State s. Th is year, the Afrikan Poetr y Theatre, in Jamaica, will celebrate its Fifth Annual Gala Kwanzaa Celebra- John Watusi Branch leads a Kwanzaa celebration at the tion to star t off the holi- Theatre. day week.

“Kwanzaa is a period for seven days to cultural, education, recreational and social decelebrate African culture and to bring good velopmental programs from its home at 176into the world,” said John Watusi Branch, 03 Jamaica Ave. The mission of the theater is Executive Director of the Afrikan Poetr y “to provide cultural, literary, musical and inTheatre. structional programs, workshops and faciliThe theatre and the Rochdale Village ties of a presenting and instruction nature, Community Center are sponsoring a cel- generally for the entire Queens community.” ebration of Kwanzaa event Sunday, Dec. 26, The center also serves as a cultural refrom 1-8 p.m. “The celebration of Kwanzaa source for the city of New York. Anyone can is a gathering of the family, a gathering of come in and get information about speakers, the people, to celebrate their rich histor y performers and where to go and how to do and culture, to feel the rhythm of the drums, certain things in the city. The center has run taste delicious food, lighting of the candles a Summer Youth Employment Program for and great performances,” said Branch.

12 years. This program has given 500 young At the Gala, Branch will give a presenta- adults work each summer for the past seven tion about the celebration of Kwanzaa, which years and provides workshops. will include per forma nces from “power ful The center has developed its own teen and exciting” dance companies. There will newspaper called “Queens Teens,” which also be an African marketplace and food trains youth from the ages of 13-18 in varicour t where guest s can have a taste of deli- ous forms of journalism and introduces to cious cuisine from local food caterers. them job training skills. The newspaper is Admission for the celebration is $5 for an outlet for teen poetr y, article s and viewadults and $1 for children (up to 18 years points. The Afrikan Poetry Theatre looks to old). The event will take place at the Rochdale continue the development of the institution Community Center, located at 169-65 137th and communities it has successfully served Ave., between Farmers Boulevard and Guy for the past 30 years.

R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica. Any poTo learn more, call (718) 523-3312. tential vendors can call (718) 523-3312.

Reach Intern Angy Altamirano at The Afrikan Poetr y Theatre, Inc. is a non- aaltamirano@queenstribune.com or (718) profit organization that provides a variety of 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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wished, but their creamy concoction was just the sor t of "neo" we were looking for; a good twist on an old classic. The special appet izer, Bur rata - a hand-rolled mozzarella with a creamy, wet interior - was served with a Balsamic reduction drizzled atop. It had all the trademarks you hope for - a milky texture, fresh and flavorful with just a dash of saltiness.

Once finished with our first course, the main dishes followed. My guest had the Veal Marsala, which was topped with a hint of Whitestone is filled with delightful Ital- prosciut to and a range of mushrooms, all ian dining treasures. Within a few blocks in a thin Marsala wine sauce that evoked of the intersection of the Cross Island Park- hints of Francese and Picatta with its lemon.

Torn between the Garlic Crusted Rack way and 150th Street, there are at least a of Lamb with but ternut squash half dozen great places worth takpuree and escarole, and the ing the time to explore, mostly on the north side of the Cross Island. RESTAURANT Roasted Pork Chop, served with hot cherr y peppers and roasted But venture down to just south Yukon Gold potatoe s, I opted for of that intersection, and you'll find ever more rustic - Fresh Cavatelli, yourself at Trattoria Neo - a slight with a braised beef and pork ramisnomer in name, but not so gout and fresh Parmigiano. Chef much so. There is some new food Joseph D'Angelo, who came out here, but it clearly doesn't domito greet most tables, explained nate the menu. The heart of the that they cook entire pork shoulplace seems to lie in a tradition of der and beef roasts separately, quiet, classic Italian dining. The developing their own flavors and servings are generous, the staff i s friendly and the ambiance is serene and textures, before incorporating them into a very fresh tomato base, which uses only romantic.

On a recent Friday night, we slipped in fresh tomatoes for the sauce.

The hard work certainly paid off. The before the crowds showed up to enjoy a quiet meal before heading off to the mov- chunks of meat, tomato and other vegies. Scanning through the menu, we were etables combined with the pasta and cheese served a basket of bread and a dish of what to make a traditional dish out-of-this-world seems almost fresh-pressed olive oil with a delicious.

Filled, but st ill with room for desser t, sampling of fruity jewels at the bot tom. The bread was rustic - if not made in house, my guest enjoyed a fresh apple crumb with clearly it comes from one of the local Ital- thin-sliced apples roasted under a streusellike cookie topping, served with vanilla ian bakeries.

We ordered, and dug into the bread, gelato. I enjoyed a plate of zeppole with a sipping our drinks beside the small fire- coarse sugar rub that gets dipped into vaplace in the dimly lit room. Somewhere far nilla gelato that, tableside, gets covered in away, a bar and lounge side of the restau- a fresh shot of espresso. The balance of rant exists, but the place is set up so well bit ter and sweet w ith the lightne ss of the that a crowd there wouldn't interfere with zeppole was a per fect way to end the meal.

The menu has a mix of new and tradithe comfort of your meal.

We star ted with t wo appet izers - one tional; the feel is rustic; the food is expertly from the menu, and one a special of the crafted. Trat toria Neo may be t he newest day. The menu item, Crispy Calamari with thing to soon become an old favorite in Basil Aioli, was delicious. The server sug- Whitestone.

—Br ian M. Raffer ty gested we could have marinara if we TRATTORIA NEO 15-01 149th St., Whitestone (718) 757-1110 trat tor ianeo.com CUISINE: Italian HOURS: Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30 am to 3 pm; Dinner Mon-Wed 5-10 pm; TueSat 5-11 pm; Sun 5-10 pm. Sunday Br unch 11:30 am to 3 pm.

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TALKS LIC BOOK Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 1 “Freedom” will be discussed at 10 at the LIC library.

TIME TRAVEL Tuesday, December 28 explore time travel, fact and fiction at 4 at the Hillcrest library.

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

KILLING KOMPANY The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows.

1-888-SHOOT-EM for information.

SENIORS

P-FLAG Sunday, December 19 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663.

LOST MIRACLES Monday, December 20 St. Adalbert’s bereavement support group, for the loss of a newborn or miscarriage, in Elmhurst. 429-2005.

NYC CORRECTION Monday, December 20 NYC Correction Retirees Benevolent Association meets in Forest Hills. 263-6334.

TOASTMASTERS Monday, December 20 learn communication and leadership skills in Kew Gardens. 646-269-1577.

FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tuesdays the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets.

917-612-3463.

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

TALK OF THE TOWN Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 1 learn the art of public speaking in St. Albans. 527-5889.

AMERICAN LEGION Tuesday, December 21 Edward McKee Post 131 meets in Whitestone. 767-4323.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Tuesday, December 21 Bereavement Support Group at Holy Family, 175-20 174 th Street, Fresh Meadows. 9692448.

AUBURNDALE ASSN. Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 1 Auburndale Improvement Association meets at the Reception House, 167-17 Northern Blvd. at 7:30.

FH VAC Wednesday, December 22 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055.

WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome.

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

465-2914; me1nc@aol.com LI STAMP CLUB Thursday, December 23 the Long Island Stamp Club meets at the Forest Hills library at 5:45.

TOASTMASTERS Thursdays, December 23, 30 at 6:30 at the Whitestone library. Toast of Queens Toastmasters Club, District 46, Club 4242.

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

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

JEWISH VETS Sunday, December 26 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 463-

4742.

VFW 4787 Monday, December 27 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets; ladies auxiliary meets the 2 nd Monday.

746-0540.

TOASTMASTERS Monday, December 27 learn the art and science of Public Speaking in Queens.

525-6830.

TOASTMASTERS Thursday, December 30 at the Briarwood library at 5:45.

BEREAVEMENT Thursday, December 30 St. Adalbert’s Bethany General Bereavement Group in Elmhurst. 429-2005.

DEBTORS ANON. Saturdays at 11:30 and Mondays at 7:30 Debtors Anonymous meets at Our Lady of Mercy, school auditorium in Forest Hills. 212-969-8111.

CIVIL AIR PATROL Saturdays Art & Business High School Cadet Squadron at 8 a.m. at the school, 10525 Horace Harding Expressway, Corona. ssgdmp@yahoo.com CIVIL AIR PATROL Mondays Falcon Senior Squadron at 7 at JFK Airport, Federal Express, Building 260, Jamaica. Falcon Senior Squadron. 781-2359.

FM CAMERA Tuesdays at 7:45 the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets. 917-363-6720.

QUEENS PRIDE Wednesdays Spanish and English Club (conversational level). Thursdays Movie Night. Fridays Café Social.

Saturday Art Club. Queens Pride House. 429-5309 information.

BARBERSHOP Wednesdays a t 8 t h e J a maica Chapter of the Societ y for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America meets in Mahoney Hall in Flushing. 468-8416 or 381-8689.

CIVIL AIR PATROL Thursdays at 3 at August Martin HS, 156-10 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. August Martin Cadet Squadron. 5256925 or 835-6862.

GOLD COAST ROTARY Fridays the Gold Coast Rotary Club meets from 8-9 am at the Nor th Shore Towers Restaurant, 272-48 Grand Central Parkway. 516-4663636.

CLUTTERERS ANON. Fridays Learn how to gain control of your life by eliminating your clutter. 7:309:00 at Pastoral Care Center, Resurrection Ascension C h u r c h , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 st R o a d , Rego Park. 712-7656.

PARENTS CHILD CARE NETWORK Saturday, December 18 information on free nutrition service and planning for child care providers and families in the Queens area at 10 at the Forest Hills library.

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FREE LUNCH Saturday, December 18 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations.

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

C h r i st m a s P a r t y f o r p a i d members only.

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

WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome.

CLEARVIEW Thursday, December 23 General Investing talk at 10:15. Monday, December 27 Music Appreciation at 12:30. Thursday, December 30 Stay Well As You Age talk at 10:15. Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 224-7888.

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

MEETINGS

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

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Queens Today TEENS CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

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

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Monday, December 20 at the Baisley Park library. Register.

TEEN TUESDAY Tuesday, December 21 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

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

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

GAME PLAYERS Fridays at the Hillcrest library at 2.

OPEN MIC Monday, December 27 at the East Elmhurst library at 6.

GAME DAY Friday, December 31 at the Bellerose library at 4.

ACQC SUPPORT AC Q C Te e n Pe e r S u p p o r t Group - information, support, skills development training for those “touched by HIV/AIDS.” Ages 14-16. 8962500.

ART CLASSES Fridays the Alliance of Queens Artists in Forest Hills offers teen workshops. 5209842.

BOY SCOUTS 138 Thursdays Boy Scout Troop 138 meets at 7:30 at 19215C 64 th Circle, basement, Fresh Meadows. For those up to 17. 454-2391.

BUKHARIAN LOUNGE Bukharian Teen Lounge, for those 15-18, at the Central Queens YM-YWHA in Forest Hills. 268-5011, ext. 202.

CATALPA YMCA Saturdays recreation, Weight room and fitness center available. 69-02 64 th Street, Ridgewood. 8216271.

COUNSELING Call 592-5757 for free counseling at the Forest Hills Communit y House.

DROP IN CENTER Mondays-Thursday from 47 the Queens Rainbow Comm u n i t y C e n t e r, 3 0 - 3 7 4 Steinway Street, 2 nd floor, Astoria, holds a Drop-In Center for LGBTQQ youth up to 22. 204-5955.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Sunnyside Communit y Services Youth Employment Services available. 784-6173, ext. 129.

GAY GROUP Mondays the AIDS Center of Queens Count y has a Gay/ B i / L e s b i a n Yo u t h G r o u p (ages 16-21) meeting designed to support young people in exploring feelings about sexualit y and other issues. 896-2500.

GENERATION Q The Queens Lesbian, Gay, B i s e x u a l a n d Tra n s ge n d e r Pride Communit y Center hold a Generation Q Youth Service program. Call GAY2300.

POMONOK TEENS Teen Council addresses teen

i s s u e s i n th e c o m m u n i t y.

591-6060.

SAMUEL FIELD Y Basketball, SAT Prep, more at the Samuel Field Y’s Teen Center at PS169. 423-6111.

SCOUTING The Rego Park Jewish Center will offer boy and girl scouting. 516-526-2492.

SCOUTING Join Scouting in Queens.

212-651-2897.

TEEN CENTER Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9 the Samuel Field Y offers a Teen Center at PS169. 4236111.

TENNIS Yo u t h a n d Te n n i s , I n c . teaches tennis to those 4-18

at the Roy Wilkins Tennis Center. 658-6728.

VAC YOUTH SQUAD T h e G l e n O a k s Vo l u n te e r A m b u l a n c e C o r p s Yo u t h Squad is looking for new members 14-18. 347-1637.

YOUTH GROUP Fridays t he Communit y Church of Little Neck will hold their Communit y Youth Group from 7-9. 46-16 Little Neck Parkway. 229-2534.

YOUTH SERVICES The 105 th Precinct Communit y Council of fers a L aw Enforcement Explorers Program for interested youth in the surrounding areas. Contact PO Kirkland at 7769164.

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

CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

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

YOUNG CHEFS Saturday, December 18 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. For those 8-12. 2294000.

HOLIDAY CARDS Sunday, December 19 Making Holiday Cards with Korean Painting at Flushing Town Hall. 463-7700, ext.

222. $7.

HOMEWORK HELP Mondays-Fridays through December at 3 at the Astoria and Baisley Park libraries.

Call 278-2220 (Astoria) or 529-1590 (Baisley Park) to confirm.

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

CROCHET Monday, December 20 a t the Rosedale library at 4.

TWEEN TIME Monday, December 20 at the Arverne library at 4:15.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Monday, December 20 at the Baisley Park library. Register.

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

S TORY T I M E Wednesday, December 22 at the Steinway library at 10:30.

FLASH FRIDAY Fridays, December 24, 31 at the Ozone Park library at 3:30.

TODDLERS Wednesday, December 29 stories and crafts for toddlers at 10:30 at the Bay Terrace library.

CRAFTS Wednesday, December 29 at the Steinway library at 11.

MAGIC SHOW Wednesday, December 29 Illuzzionz Magic Show at

1:30 at the Bayside library.

BOY SCOUT 138 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.

CUB SCOUTS 351 Fridays at St. Nicholas of Tolentine school cafeteria, Parsons Blvd. and Union Turnpike. Boys in grades 15. 820-0015.

CUB/TROOP SCOUTS Fridays from September through June Pack 357 and Tr o o p 3 5 7 m e e t s i n t h e S c o u t R o o m , 6 9 - 1 6 1 6 4th Street, Flushing. 591-9514 Cubs, 279-9085 Scouts.

SCOUTING Join Scouting in Queens.

212-651-2897.

SHABBAT SCOUTS Sundays Shomer Shabbat Boy Scout Troop 613 meets from 6-7:30 at Young Israel of Windsor Park. 969-1571.

EXHIBIT QUEENS HISTORICAL Tu e s d ay s , S a t u r d ay s a n d Sundays 2:30-4:30 Queens H i s to r i c a l Societ y at Kingsland Homestead, 1443 5 3 7 th a v e n u e , F l u s h i n g .

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

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

AMER. CIVIL RIGHTS Through December “Marching the Dream: American Civil Rights” with American photographer Dan Budnik.

Through Januar y “A Journey I Stone and Wood,” sculptures by Gladys Thompson Roth. February through April “Bindu Masks from the Imperato Collection.” February through June “QCC Art Gallery: 20 Years of Collecting.” May through June “Department of Art and Design’s Juried Student Exhibition.” QCC Art Gallery.

631-6396.

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

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, December 18 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Franklin Square. $40. 516-872-8062.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday, December 18 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital.

646-436-7940.

SATURDAY ASTORIA Saturdays Your Communit y Center in Astoria holds classes in Civics Preparation, Computer Skills and ESL. 205-8225.

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

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

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

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

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

ADULT CHESS Mondays at 6 at the Queens Village library.

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

BEGIN CROCHET Monday, December 20 at the Rosedale library at 6.

Bring yarn and hook.

BALLROOM DANCING

Mondays, December 20, 27 at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

LIC CRAFT CLUB Monday, December 20 a t the LIC library at 1.

JOB INFO SERVICE Monday, December 20 at the Middle Village library at 4.

ORIGAMI Monday, December 20 the Friends of the Kew Gardens Hills library will host an Origami Class at 1:30 at the library.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Tuesday, December 21 at the Sout h Jamaica librar y.

Register.

POETRY WRITING Tuesday, December 21 poetry writing workshop at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows at 7:30.

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

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

INTRO POWERPOINT Tuesday, December 21 at the McGoldrick library. Register.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesdays, December 21, 28 at the Queens Village library.

Register.

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

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

INDOOR SOCCER – DADS

RELIGIOUS ber 19 s : Sung Vespers during Advent. Friday, December 24 Christmas Eve Concerts in the church. St. Thomas the Apostle, 87-19 88 th Avenue, Woodhaven.

REGO PARK JC Sunday, December 19 concert starring Baysa Schechter and her international band at 2:30. $15 advance, $18 at the door. Saturday Shabbat Services at 9. Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 Yiddish Vinkel.

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

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

EMANUEL UNITED Friday, December 24 at 8 and Sunday, December 26 at 10:45 Emanuel United Church of Christ, Woodhaven Blvd. and 91 st Avenue, will hold a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service and Sunday morning worship service.

CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Friday, December 24 Christmas eve Candlelight Service at 7:30 at Hollis Presbyterian Church, 100-50 196 th Street, Hollis.

FLEA MARKETS SANTA & SALE Saturday, December 18 annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Sale in Msgr.

Mulz Hall, St. Thomas the Apostle, 87-19 88 th Avenue, Woodhaven. 847-1353.

FLEA & BAKE SALE Sunday, December 19 from 9-4 at St. Josaphat’s Church, 3 5 th A v e n u e a n d 2 1 0 th Street, Bayside.

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JUBILATE DEO Friday, December 17 Jubilate Deo: Music in Celebrat i o n o f t h e N a t i v i t y, p r e sented by the Diocesan Vicariate Choir and the Celestial Voices at 7:30 at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 25-02 80 th Street, East Elmhurst.

LUTHERAN REDEEMER Friday, December 17 Outdoor Living Nativit y on the church lawn at 7 and 8. December 24 Christmas Eve Service with Caroling at 7:10, service with candles at 7:30. December 25 Christmas Day Service at 10. December 31 New Year’s Eve Service at 7:30. Sundays regular worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 and 10:30. Sunday School, Adult Bible Class and Friendship Hour at 9:30. Youth Group at 12:30. Wednesday prayer group and Bible Study at 7.

Lutheran Church of the Red e e m e r , 1 5 7 - 1 6 6 5 th A v enue, Flushing. 358-2744.

ST. THOMAS Saturday, December 18 Annual Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Sale in Msgr.

Mulz Hall. Sunday, Decem-

Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center.

263-7000.

BUSINESS SUCCESS Wednesday, December 22 Business Success Series at 6 at the Flushing library.

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

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

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

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

ADULT CHESS Thursdays at 6 at the Queens Village library.

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

PARROT CARE Thursday, December 23 Feather Friends Parrot Adoption Services discusses the history and proper care of parrots at the Maspeth library at 6:30.

COMPUTERS Fridays, December 24, 31 at the Ozone Park library. Register.

PRACTICE TESTS Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 8 LSAT, MCAT and GRE Practice Test Prep at the Central library. 5-8:45.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP Thursday, December 30 at the Bayside library. Register.

CHAIR YOGA Tuesday, Januar y 4 at the East Elmhurst library. Register.

JH ART CLUB Classes in all art forms days and evenings for children and adults. 899-0065.

WOMEN’S NETWORK The Queens Women’s Network can help with resume assistance, t yping and Microsoft tutorials, job search, interviewing techniques, GED and ESL classes, referrals to training programs. 657-6200.

BAY VIEW BRIDGE Tuesday s (except July and August) Bayview Bridge Club meets at 6 at the Church of the Resurrection, 100-17 32 nd Avenue, East Elmhurst.

ART CLASSES Children and adults, day & evening, Monday through S a t u rd a y.

926-9821. www.jacksonheightsartclub.org

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queens Today

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

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

SHARP Saturday, December 18 Selfhelp Alzheimers Resource Program (SHARP) in Bayside. 631-1886.

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

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

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

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

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

431.

BRAIN INJURY Wednesday, December 22 Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group at Peninsula Hospital. 734-2432.

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

MEMORY LOSS Fridays Couples with one partner experiencing memory loss meet at the Samuel Field Y. 225-6750,

ext. 236.

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

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

CANCER ACTION Monday, December 27 Corona Cancer Action Council Meeting at the Corona library at 6. Work with the c o m m u n i t y a n d o rg a n i z a tions, improve access to cancer prevention, screening and treatment, address health needs of Corona and more.

FEMALE CANCER Monday, December 27 “Look Good, Feel Better” program for women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy in Flushing.

1-800-ACS-2345.

MS SELF-HELP Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 8 Multiple Sclerosis Self-help group to share a common life experience for support, education and mutual aid 12:30 at the Howard Beach library.

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

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ENTERTAINMENT A NIGHT OUT Saturday, December 18 “Green, Red & Gold Affair” at the JFK Holiday Inn. $35 includes food, music, door prizes. Proceeds go to support the Grace Girls & Suymit Yout h Training Programs. 291-8334.

ASTRONOMY PROGRAM Saturday, December 18 at Alley Pond Environmental Center 7-9. $12 non-members, $10 members. 2294000 to register.

KWANZAA Saturday, December 18 Robbi K and Friends celebrate Kwanzaa at Flushing Town Hall. 463-7700, ext.

222. $16.

PAUL TAYLOR Saturday and Sunday, December 18, 19 the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064.

MESSIAH Sunday, December 19 the Oratorio Society of Queens performs “Messiah” at Queensborough Community College. 279-3006. $25, $20 seniors and students.

Under 12 free with adult.

NUTCRACKER Sunday, December 19 at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700, ext. 222. $16.

HOLIDAY CONCERT Sunday, December 19 Oratorio Societ y of Queens’ Annual Holiday Concert at Queensborough Commu-

nity College at 4. $25. 2793006.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT Monday, December 20 at the South Jamaica library at 6.

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.

LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 24 live jazz at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. 347262-1169.

STAMP SHOW Sunday, December 26 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Hotel, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside 10-4:30.

645-7659.

THE NUTCRACKER Sunday, December 26 at Colden Center, Queens College. $18, $12 children 12 and under. The RussianAmerican Ballet Company performs. 793-8080.

OPEN MIC Monday, December 27 at the East Elmhurst library at 6.

THE NUTCRACKER Tu e s d ay, We d n e s d ay a n d Thursday, December 28, 29, 30 “The Nutcracker” will be performed at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064.

237.

CHAIR YOGA Tuesday, Januar y 4 at the East Elmhurst library. Register.

CO-DEPENDENCE ANON. Saturdays the Bellerose chapter of Co-Dependence Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women seeking healthy relationships with themselves and others, meet at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 6 Commonwealth Avenue. Beginners 9:15, Open 10:30. 229-2113.

ALZHEIMERS Saturdays caregivers, friends and relatives of those with Alzheimer’s Disease meet at the Sunnyside Communit y Services. 784-6173, ext. 137.

SCHIZOPHRENICS Sundays Schizophrenics Anonymous self-help support group meets at LI Consultation in Rego Park. 896-3400.

SOS (Significant Others of Schizophrenics) also meets.

SMART RECOVERY Sundays LI Consultation Center in Rego Park. Free self help group based on cognitive behavioral concepts dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all t ypes of addictive behavior problems. 212-631-1198 or check the web at www.smartrecovery.org AL-ANON Sundays 7-8:15 pm at Sacred Heart School, 216 th Street and 38 th Avenue. Tuesdays at 8:30 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 nd Street and 3 4 th Avenue, Jackson Heights. 2 nd floor of the Parish House. 335-7379.

AA Sundays from 6-7:30 Total Freedom AA Group meets at Pride Communit y Center in Corona. GAY-2300 for info.

PARTNER ABUSE Sundays Partner Abuse Counseling Program for women who experience all t ypes of abuse. 225-6750, ext. 248.

EPILEPSY Sundays Epilepsy support group meets in Queens.

212-633-2930.

QI GONG Sundays free Qi Gong classes at the Zen & Kung Fu Association’s Healing Center in Corona. 651-3752.

TAI CHI Mondays St. John’s Hospital. 558-1198 to register.

GLAUCOMA Mondays and Thursdays free glaucoma screenings at Flushing Hospital. 670-5719 ALZHEIMERS Mondays to Fridays Samuel Field YM-YWHA in Little Neck offers a day care and family respite program. 2256750, ext. 221.

TAI CHI CLASS Mondays and Wednesdays the NY Hospital Queens Cardiac Center offers tai chi in Fresh Meadows. $5 per person. 670-1695.

FOOD ADDICTS Tu e s d a y s F o o d Ad d i c t s Anonymous, a fellowship who abstain from sugar, flour and wheat in Oakland Gardens. 465-1774 or 917403-1818.

Queens Focus PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE Neighborhood Meeting: PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE...PEOPLE..PEOPLE...

Matthew, a young patient at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children enjoys the attention of Holy Cross seniors Michee Salomon, Julien Wolfe, Mike Guilfoyle and Amelio Cruz during their weekly visit on Dec. 10.

Guilfoyle’s first visit to St. Mary’s and both he and classmate Lascelles Lagares were awed by what they described as a life changing experience. “It makes me realize things are not as important as I thought they were,” Michael remarked. “Getting upset over being grounded is stupid compared to what these kids have to go through. I realize I have everything that these kids don’t and will always try to remember that.”

To the delight of one and all, musicians from three Holy Cross bands will perform at the annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Freshman, Intermediate and Concert bands will be performing variations of traditional Christmas selections including “The Polar Express”, “Celtic Bell Carol” and “We Wish You a Calypso Christmas.” In addition, the Jazz band and percussion ensemble will also be performing for parents and friends of the community. While admission is free, guests are asked to contribute a new, unwrapped toy for boys or girls to be donated to St. John’s Bread and Life Program in Brooklyn and the Marines Toys for Tots Foundation.

Joanne Doepfner, faculty member at Holy Cross, sponsored an “Adopt-A-Box” drive to collect food, clothing, toiletries, batteries, DVDs, disposable cameras and other items to package and ship to our troops overseas. Contributions from faculty, staff and students filled 25 cartons and covered the shipping costs.

Holy Cross seniors pack up items for comfort kits to be distributed to veterans and the homeless. Vincent Rossi (l. to r.), Michael Lana, Brandon Skerret, Cory Kennedy, Joseph Totino, Edward Fitzgerald, Adrian Paljevic, Andrew Lennes.

The New York Branch of the NAACP honored Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky at a December awards gala at the New York Hilton.

The organization praised the Senator’s community contributions.

She was one of three honorees, which included Norman Hill, president emeritus of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and John Samuelsen, president of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union.

“We consider it an honor to show our appreciation in recognition of

your many contributions to the cause of freedom and human dignity and your efforts in fostering the cause of the citizens of New York State,” said Dr. Annie Martin, president of the New York Branch of the NAACP. “I appreciate this recognition because my husband, Leonard, had a Ph.D. in history. He taught African American history and published extensively on the topic of skilled labor before the Civil War,” Sen. Stavisky said. “I am flattered that the NAACP would choose me for this honor. I work hard every day on behalf of New Yorkers so that we may all live in dignity, harmony and to the best of our abilities.”

The following students have been selected as resident assistants at Pace University.

Samuel Jeannite, from Jamaica, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s New York City campus; Matthew Helenek, from Flushing, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s New York City campus; Christian Ventura, from Little Neck, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s New York City campus; Crystal Norwood, from Far Rockaway, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus; Danielle Gore, from Queens Village, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus; and Christopher Bernaudo, from Flushing, has been selected as a resident assistant this fall at Pace University’s New York City campus.

Pace University is recognized for professionally-oriented programs in business, law, arts and sciences, information technology, education, and nursing, with a core curriculum based in the liberal arts.

The Francis Lewis High School Varsity Boys’ Indoor Track Team won the Mayor’s Cup Competition on Nov. 28 which was held at The New Balance Armory Track & Field Center. This was the first indoor track meet of the 2010-1011 season. With more than

2,100 boys and girls participating from all five boroughs from both private, parochial, and public schools, Lewis boys came in first place!

Chuck Enekwechi had an exceptional performance in the Shot Put Relay- throwing the shot the farthest distance down the field.

All were amazed when Enekwechi’s mark of 61’ 1 ¼” was announced. The throw was the second best in PSAL history falling two feet short of the record (63 Feet) set in 1960! His throw is nationally ranked. Mike Delligatti also displayed his outstanding skills with a second place 1000 meter finish of 2:39.95.

As a result, Enekwechi now qualifies for both State and City Championships and Delligatti moves on to the City’s.

By day’s end the Francis Lewis squad walked home with first place. Two thumbs up for all the boys and Coach Montanaro for a victorious season opener.

The following students enrolled at Binghamton University recently received American Dream Scholarships: Matthew L. Lugo of Astoria, Laura Park of Sunnyside, Dimka S. Aleksandrova of Astoria, Han Wang of Flushing, Danping Chen of Whitestone, Won J. Yoon of Whitestone, Robin S. Choi of Bayside, Alison R. Entin of Bayside, Avalon N. Siegel of Oakland Gardens, Warren Caison of Fresh Meadows, Moonju Lee of Flushing, Lydia Gyampoh of Corona, Mandip Kaur of New York City, Meifang Jian of Jackson Heights, Daniel Park of Jackson Heights, Shiqi Chen of Elmhurst, Vanessa A. Vargas of Elmhurst, Victoria Brunshtein of Forest Hills, Ariel R. Friedman of Forest Hills, Sadia Hannan of Woodside, Aleisha A. Forbes of Cambira Heights, Janice C. Mcfarlane of St. Albans, Bonnie Li of Woodhaven, Rushni Z. Shaikh of Queens Village, Janie Cherestal of Queens Village and Shakeema D. Pride of Far Rockaway.

These scholarships are awarded to women and minorities with academic merit.

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Even though the Thanksgiving Food Drive is over, the students of Holy Cross High School have been continuing their diligent service in spreading holiday cheer to people around the city who need it the most.

On Wednesday, Nov. 24, Holy Cross seniors volunteered their time and talent at the annual Walter Kaner Holiday Party for children with special needs at Terrace on the Park. Julien Wolfe delighted children with magic tricks that included turning a torch into a rose, DJ AJ Sonnick provided the musical entertainment and several other students acted as Santa’s “elves,” ensuring that a good time was had by all.

The following week, students assembled items they had collected for “comfort kits” including razor blades, shaving cream, mouthwash, band aids, tissues, soap, candy mints and the like to distribute to patients at St. Albans' Veterans’ Hospital on Monday, Dec. 13 and to the homeless on city streets in upcoming months.

In their weekly visit to St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital in Bayside on Friday, Dec. 10, Holy Cross seniors incorporated a holiday theme by painting Santa Claus masks, singing Christmas Carols and breaking piñatas filled with toys for the young patients who attend their on-site school, PS 23. It was Michael

Members of the West Cunningham Park Civic Association are shown at a meeting called by the Jamaica Estates Association about the terrible impact which some students from St. John’s University have on neighbors who live near their rented houses. Students in these rented houses sometimes trash the neighborhood and sometimes the house they rent. The students sometimes have keg parties which are so large and noisy that the neighbors are afraid.

Some of the students do disgusting things and in one instance they egged the house of a resident who dared to call the police. Legislators, the new 107th Precinct Captain and St. John’s officials discussed ways to solve the problem.

State Sen. Frank Padavan has introduced legislation to limit the renting of such houses but the real estate lobby has stopped it. Some community people actually buy houses to rent out to students at high rents. A huge unhappy crowd was present and members expressed their unhappiness. Shown (l. to r.) from the WCPCA ARE Teddy Lobel, John Fanuka and Edna Harris, who lives on a block with such a house, which is empty now since it was trashed so badly and received several fines for trash on the property.

Models Of Queens

Diana Garzon Home: Forest Hills Age: 26 Height: 5’4" Weight: 118lbs Stats: 36-27-37

Ed Koch in his heyday as mayor.

Koch Is Feelin' Groovy

Artsy Waitress We’ve always had a place in our hearts for artistic types. So imagine our joy when Diana Garzon’s creative mind came to our consciousness.

The 26-year-old Colombia native came to Queens 13 years ago, and has loved the place ever since.

“It’s so easy to get everywhere,” she said. “There’s always something to do. Bars, restaurant, libraries.”

Unfortunately, she doesn’t have much time to check out the sights.

Life keeps her busy enough as is.

Garzon is currently studying studio arts in Queens College, creating paintings and shooting and editing film.

“I do a little bit of everything, which is really cool and the reason I like the major,” she said.

When not in school, Garzon works at Hooters in Fresh Meadows. She loves the job’s flexibility, pay and atmosphere. And were it not for that fateful day about a year ago when she walked in looking for work, she’d never be on this page.

After getting the job as a waitress, she was entered into a regional Hooters pageant and won.

That’s right – she’s the hottest Hooters waitress in New York City.

Garzon always considered modeling, but was afraid of adding

another commitment into her already packed schedule.

“It’s a lot of dedication,” she said. “I go to school full time. I work full time. It’s hard to find the time.”

Garzon takes a sly pride in her major and artistic abilities.

“People always see me and they think I’m a model,” she said. “I catch people off guard with the art major.”

In 10 years, Garzon imagines herself making a solid living doing either modeling or artistic work, owning a gallery or interior design company.

Until then, you can catch her in 2011’s Hooters Calendar.

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Order, Law, Justice and Dan Councilman Dan Halloran took one hell of a business trip last week. The freshman Republican from Whitestone visited Bulgaria in Eastern Europe.

The councilman was a guest of a Bulgarian anti-corruption conservative party, the Order, Law and Justice Party. While in Bulgaria, he met with the party’s leadership and spoke to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

“In New York City, we fought to preserve millions in funding for our Museum of Natural History this year,” Halloran told the academy’s leadership. “Even in a budget crisis, with a $5 billion shortfall, we prioritize science and culture.”

Funding science and culture, while we have budget deficits?

That sound you hear may be the tea party headed to JFK to “welcome” Dan home.

Sexy Governor Andy We all know our borough has produced some damn-sexy people.

But Andrew Cuomo?

The Queens native was in People Magazine’s Sexiest People list in the 50+ segment. He joins the likes of Hugh Laurie, Sting and Michael Bolton – which may actually discredit the list a little.

Mr. Governorelect, if you’re reading this, we can make room in our “Models of Queens” section Andrew Cuomo is bringing sexy back to Albany. for you. Just ask.

One City icon will soon be named for another.

The Queensborough Bridge, often misstated as the 59th Street Bridge, probably thanks to Kew Gardens Hills’ Paul Simon’s song using that name (and the Manhattan-centric city we live in), will soon lose its Queens branding, falling in favor of iconic former Mayor Ed Koch.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced last week that the bridge would be renamed to honor the person who Bloomberg hailed as a savior of what was, when Koch came to office, a crumbing relic.

“Like Ed Koch, the bridge is a resilient, hardworking New York City icon that’s been bringing people together for a long time – and will probably outlast us all,” Bloomberg said.

The bridge, which turned 100 last year, is only slightly older than Koch, who recently celebrated his 86th birthday.

We hope both icons are around for years to come.

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Audi – a two and a half foot long corn snake hiding in his engine.

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 10847/ 2008 U.S. BANK, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5, PLAINTIFF AGAINST KAMRUL HASAN, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; “JOHN DOE #110” AND “JANE DOE #110”, THE NAMES JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE BEING FICTITIOUS, THEIR IDENTITIES BEING UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFFS, IT BEING THE INTENTION OF PLAINTIFF TO DESIGNATE ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TENANTS, OCCUPANTS, CORPORATIONS, AND JUDGMENT CREDITORS, IF ANY, HOLDING OR CLAIMING SOME RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST OR LIEN IN OR TO THE MORTGAGED PREMISES HEREIN DEFENDANTS. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 255 1 8 8 TH S T R E E T , E A S T ELMHURST, NY 11369 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorney, at the address stated below, an answer to the attached complaint. If this summons was personally served upon you in the State of New York, the answer must be served within twenty days after such service of the summons, excluding the date of service. If the summons was not personally delivered to you within the State of New York, the answer must be served within thirty days after service of the summons is complete as provided by law. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. If you do not serve an answer to the attached complaint within the applicable time limita-

tion stated above, a judgment may be entered against you, by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint, without further notice to you. The action is brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in and for the County of QUEENS because the Mortgaged Premises is located in QUEENS County.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS upon the Complaint of LASALLE BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-5, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5, holder of a mortgage that was executed, acknowledged and delivered by KAMRUL HASAN TO MERS AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., AN OP. SUB. OF MLB&T CO., FSB, IN THE AMOUNT OF $650,000.00, DATED JUNE 28, 2007, AND RECORDED ON JULY 23, 2007, WITH CRFN 2007000376239 Please take notice that you may obtain a copy of the Complaint from the Plaintiff’s counsel, Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915 AND THAT YOU MUST RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE BY FILING AN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT WITH THE CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS AND BY SERVING A COPY ON PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE LAST DAY OF THE PUBLICATION OR DEFAULT JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. DOONAN, GRAVES & LONGORIA, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF RENEAU J. LONGORIA, ESQ. STEPHEN M. VALENTE, ESQ KEVIN GRAVES, ESQ. *100 CUMMINGS CENTER, SUITE 225D BEVERLY, MA 01915 978-921-2670 35 Old Tarrytown Road White Plains, NY 10603 914-9498373 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons and notice are served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Court dated NOVEMBER 12, 2010 and filed along with the supporting papers in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage.

HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your op-

tions in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us/ The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. SCHEDULE 1 - DESCRIPTION ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of 88 th Street (60 feet wide) distant 126.34 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of 88 th Street with the northerly side of 30 th Avenue (80 feet wide); Running thence easterly and at right angles to the easterly side of 88 th Street, and part of the distance through a party wall, 100.00 feet; Thence northerly and parallel with the easterly side of 88 th Street, 18.00 feet; Thence westerly and again at right angles the easterly side of 88 th Street, and part of the distance through a party wall, 100.00 feet to the easterly side of 88 th Street; Thence southerly along the easterly side of 88 th Street, 18.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. _______________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CHENG FAT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/10.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 59-45 54 th Street, Maspeth, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Fine Edge, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 10/ 15/2010. Office location is Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it maybe served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC to 101-36 133 rd Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ KTR REALTY GROUP, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/1/10. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro-

cess against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 178-15 Eveleth Rd., Jamaica, NY 11434. General Purposes. ______________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PATRIOT (2010) LLC. Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/ 17/10. The LLC was originally filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on 11/05/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2 Galasso Place, Maspeth, New York 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________.

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

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

Princ. office of LLC: 15-24 132nd St., College Point, NY 11356. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 1220 N. Market St., Ste. 806, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1249441, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer and wine at retail in restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at Rego Park Mall Phase II, 61-35 Junction Blvd., Store No. D-107, Rego Park, New York 11374 for on-premises consumption. REGO ENTERPRISES, LLC d/b/a DALLAS BBQ _______________________________________________________________ "Notice is hereby given that License Number 1249442 for an On-Premises Retail Liquor License has been applied for by Mulan Restaur a n t L L C a t 3 8 1 6 1 3 8 th Street, Flushing, NY 11354 for the sale of liquor at retail price.” _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1247065 for a “Restaurant Wine License" has been applied for by the undersigned to serve Beer/Wine at retail in the restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at Coffee Tree Corp, located at 154-02 Northern Blvd Flushing, NY 11354 for on premises consumption. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 6543 REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/08/10.

Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 65-05 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. SSNY designated as agent of LLC

upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor LLP, 420 Lexington Ave., NY, N.Y. 10170. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of LET GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on July 30, 2010.

Office located in Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 15-24 201 ST Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: any lawful purpose ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/8/10, bearing Index Number NC-001098-10/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Krishan (Last) Lal My present name is (First) Sat (Last) Pal My present address is 30-24 70 th Street, #2-Flr, East Elmhurst, NY 11370 My place of birth is RS Pura, Jammu, India My date of birth is April 02, 1959 ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/4/10, bearing Index Number NC-001076-10/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Nikolay (Last) Sviridchik My present name is (First) Nikolay (Last) Levin My present address is 33-65 14 th Street, Apt. 12B, Long Island City, NY 11106 My place of birth is Russia My date of birth is October 23, 1956 ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/24/10, bearing Index Number NC-001139-10/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Benjamin (Middle) Philipp (Last) Henry My present name is (First) Benjamin (Middle) Philipp (Last) Engelhardt (infant) My present address is 4720 Center Boulevard, Apt #2904, Long Island City, NY

11109 My place of birth is New York, NY My date of birth is March 07, 2009 ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/28/10, bearing Index Number NC-001046-10/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Indira (Middle) Ranumattie (Last) Seonarain My present name is (First) Ranumattie (Last) Seonarain aka Indera Seonara aka Indira R Seonarain My present address is 37-41 95 th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 My place of birth is Berbice, Guyana My date of birth is October 20, 1971 ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number 1249777 for beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer at retail in a delicatessen under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 119-17 101 st Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11419 for on-premises consumption; A Z Grocery & Meat Inc. ________________________________________________________________

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SEVENTY TWO EQUITIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/ 26/2010. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8074 209th St., Queens Village, NY 11427, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Legal Notice Sup Ct St of NY Co of Queens Index 26083/ 2010 JORGE ORTEGA, Plf v RACHELLE YVETTE HARRELL, Def Summons with Notice in Divorce Action based on abandonment Basis of venue and trial Sec. 509 CPLR you are summoned to appear in this action by serving a notice of appearance on plf’s atty within 30 days after service is complete and if you fail to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default.

To the above named def: this summons is served upon you by publication by order of Hon. Bernice D. Siegal, a Justice of this Court, dated December 1, 2010 on file in the Queens County Clk’s off. Thomas T. Hecht, Plf’s Atty, 1270 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 (212) 245-5556

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