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Vol. 43, No. 8 Feb. 21-27, 2013

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The Special Election for Council District 31 was too close to call Tuesday night, with Pesach Osina and Donovan Richards separated by just 26 votes. By Natalia Kozikowska ... Page 3.

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Queens This WeekPermanent PresidentPicked For QCC

Queensborough Community Collegehas been given a permanent presidentafter spending more than two years withan interim one. Luckily for school, thosetwo presidents are one and the same.

The City University of New York’sboard of trustees voted to give Dr. DianeCall the position after acting as theschool’s temporary president since July1, 2010. The new position is the lateststep of a career with QCC and theCUNY system that has lasted longer than30 years.

Before she became the interim presi-dent, Call served as provost, senior vicepresident for academic affairs, vice presi-dent for finance and administration andassistant dean for instructional supportservices.

The board expressed their satisfac-tion with Call’s experience and commit-ment to the college in a statement.

“Dr . D iane B. Ca l l b r ings toQueensborough Community Collegeextensive academic and administrativeexperience, a proven commitment tostudents, faculty and alumni and an ex-emplary record of advancing the college’smission of offering students a quality,affordable education,” the board of trust-ees said.

“My focus as president will be toencourage a strong and engaged faculty,to enhance our student-centered learn-ing environment and to create additionalcommunity partnerships,” Call said in astatement. “A key objective is to providean academic environment that strength-ens students’ commitment and makes itpossible for them to graduate and com-plete their goals in a timely manner.”

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at(718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or [email protected].

-Joe Marvilli

Career Center MoveDraws Criticism

For nearly a year, the Queens AdultCareer and Continuing Education Ser-vices-Vocational Rehabilitation office,located at LeFrak City Plaza, 59-17 Junc-tion Blvd. in Corona, has operated witha month-to-month lease.

The State’s Office of General Serviceshas proposed to move the office to Hunter’sPoint, a proposal that has been met withcriticism from across the Borough.

According to its website, ACCES-VRprovides vocational counseling and reha-bilitation services that result in successfulemployment opportunities for individu-als with disabilities and their employers.The Queens office employs approximately50 people who service customers fromthe Rockaways and South Jamaica toFlushing and Kew Gardens.

The main concern of the employees,according to John Nardozzi, the districtoffice’s manager, is the location inHunter’s Point, which is in an extremecorner of the Borough, while the cur-rent office is centrally located.

“We are in a central location,” he

said. “Queens is a large borough and thebulk of our consumers are in theRockaways, Jamaica and Flushing, soyou want to be in a central location.”

Jemma Marie-Hanson, a regional co-ordinator for the New York State PublicEmployees Federation, sent a letter toOGS Commissioner RoAnn Destitooutlining the problems with the pro-posed site in Hunter’s Point.

Marie-Hanson’s letter mentions trans-portation as one of the major concerns.

The LeFrak City office is served bythree direct MTA train lines, nine directbus lines, the Long Island Rail Road, twomajor highways and Queens Boulevard.The new location in Hunter’s Point isonly accessible via the G train (which isa Brooklyn-based train) and the 7 train.The 7 line stop at Hunter’s Point, Marie-Hanson said, is not wheelchair acces-sible and has a total of 80 stairs to climb.The closest wheelchair accessible sta-tion is in Queens Plaza, two stops fromCourt Square, the nearest stop to theproposed site.

Another issue Marie-Hanson broughtup in the letter to Destito is security.Currently, the building’s managementhas a private security firm for which allpersons arriving must pass, show ID andverify their appointment before pro-ceeding to the ACCES-VR office. Theproposed location is a stand-alone build-ing, meaning the district office wouldhave to provide its own security. Marie-Hanson surmises that management andstuff would need to be present on a dailybasis to open and close the office andthat both staff and consumers alike couldbe made to wait on the street for thebuilding to open.

Lastly, Marie-Hanson said the siteitself poses many environmental con-cerns. The new location is in close prox-imity to Newtown Creek, which wasdesignated a Federal Superfund Cleanupsite in 2010. According to Marie-Hanson, 19 waste transfer stations linethe creek and 23 combined sewer out-flows disgorge their contents into thewater system.

Nardozzi said that the proposed movehas been in the works for some time butnothing has happened yet.

A call to the Office of General Ser-vices seeking comment was not returned.

-Jason Pafundi

APEC Raises FundsFor School Visits

While Alley Pond EnvironmentalCenter has had a string of bad luck, theorganization is not down for the count.

After Superstorm Sandy caused largeamounts of damage to Alley Pond Park,APEC was hit with another financialloss when the ongoing school bus strikelimited the amount of schools that couldvisit the center. Instead of declaring theseason as a loss, the Douglaston environ-mental organization put together a pe-tition to raise money and take theircenter to the schools instead.

In order to reach the many schools,APEC put together an online fundraiserthrough wedid.it, hoping to reach the

School Activities:

Members of the Student Council at Pan American International HighSchool in Elmhurst, pictured here with advisors Mailine Santiagoand Assistant Principal Anthony Riccardo, have coordinated a num-ber of activities for the student body, including a winter coat drivefor vic tims of Superstorm Sandy.

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goal of $500 by Feb. 12. The moneywould be used to supply heating pads,heating lamps and heating rocks to ani-mals that need the warmth to survive thewinter months, particularly the cold-blooded reptiles. On the busiest days, upto 20 animals could be in transit.

The fundraiser was particularlyneeded as the center had already under-gone a sizeable financial hit from the busstrike that started on Jan. 16, causingthem to lose $4,000 in class visit fees lastmonth. They took another $1,500 hitduring Feb. 9 when they had to remainclosed and pay for their trails and park-ing lot to be cleared due to this month’ssnowstorm.

Fo r t una t e l y f o r APEC, t he i rfundraiser petition not only matchedtheir goal but exceeded it, creating atotal pledge fund result of $825. Thegoal was reached on Feb. 1, far ahead oftheir self-imposed deadline. That amountwas obtained from 19 total donators.

While the minimum donation amountstarted at five dollars, many contributors(called believers by wedid.it) exceeded thatamount. Five people pledged between $10and $24 and received a digital photo thankyou note of the center’s animals. Fourpeople gave between $25 and $49 andobtained the digital photo along with athree-month family membership to APEC.One individual donated between $50 and$74, getting the photo and a six-monthmembership. Another person contributedan amount between $75 and $99, gainingthe photo and a one-year membership.

The largest donation group camefrom five people who donated between$100 and $150. Each of them receiveda free, 30-minute private hands-on ani-mal demonstration for themselves andtheir families.


-Joe Marvilli

Book Drive ForRockaway Schools

PS 108 in South Ozone Park willhost a book drive early next month thatwill aim to help schools that have beenaffected by Superstorm Sandy.

The school will be collecting booksfrom March 4-8. On Monday andWednesday of that week, the drive willbe from 3:15 until 4:30 p.m. so thatparents who may be working earlier inthe day may also donate books. On theother three days, books will be collectedfrom 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. duringnormal school hours.

Melissa Levine, a second grade teacherat the school who will help run the drive,said that the reason that they are doingthis is to help out people who are stillrecovering from the storm and to giveyoung students like the ones in her classa chance to do community service.

“It’s good for those kids because itshows that other kids are thinking aboutyou.” Levine said. “You can do commu-nity service at any age.”

She added that several students inthe school wrote letters to get the wordout about the drive and they have gottena tremendous response from it so far,with people offering posters and flyersto spread the word.

Five schools in the Rockaways haveexpressed interest in getting some of thebooks from the drive, Levine said. Theschools include; PS 43, PS 104, PS105, PS 183 and PS 197. She addedthat it will not be known how manybooks each school will get until after thedrive is over.

PS 108 is located at 108-10 109th Ave.in South Ozone Park. For more informa-tion, call the school at (718)558-2700.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at(718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 or [email protected].

-Luis Gronda

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Queens Deadline

By LUIS GRONDASeveral Queens Community Boards

have sounded off on the proposed expan-sion of the United States TennisAssociation’s Billie Jean Tennis Center inFlushing Meadows Corona Park.

Community Boards 6 and 9 bothhosted a presentation by the USTA lastweek and its plan to acquire 0.68 acresof land in the park, where it hosts theU.S Open every summer.

The USTA hopes to buy the small sliverof land, in part, so that it could build abrand-new Grandstand stadium on thesouthwest corner of the property. The planalso includes renovating Louie ArmstrongStadium, which USTA officials say is inneed of a modernization, and shifting downa section where some of the smaller courtsare located, to allow more walking space forpeople while attending matches.

“What we want to do is use thisopportunity to improve the site, make ita world-class facility and make sure itcontinues to have a positive economicimpact for Queens and the City,” saidGordon Smith, USTA’s executive di-rector and chief operating officer.

Opponents of the plan were con-cerned over the amount of trees that

Community Boards Discuss USTA Expansioncould be lost as a result of the project, aswell as the green space it would take up.

“Somewhere along the line, they’regoing to have to put a moratorium onbuilding in Flushing Meadows Park,”said Maria Thomson, a member of Com-munity Board 9 and executive directorof the Woodhaven Business Improve-ment District. “They’re eating up thepark. Enough is enough.”

Ed Westley, a member of CommunityBoard 3, said he is concerned about thenumber of extra people the expansionwould bring to the area, arguing that thetransportation options may not be ableto handle the extra thousands of peoplethat would go to the games while thetournament is being played. He addedthat the amount of time needed for theconstruction would also be a problem.

“We know that that’s going to affectus,” he said. “It’s not something that’sgoing to be easily done and turned over.”

Another concern was the number oftrees that would be lost while constructionis taking place. Westley said that some of thetrees are types that are considered in dan-ger and would be difficult to replace. Asmany as 422 trees could be lost, accordingto the USTA’s presentation on their plan.

In response to that, Joshua Laird,assistant commissioner for Planning andNatural Resources for the City ParksDept., said that trees lost in the projectwould be replaced, either by plantingseveral smaller trees to take place of alarge one, or it could be transplanted ina way that would not kill the tree.

Sarah Nikolic, who lives in RegoPark, said that the potential long-termdamage to the park and its land out-weighs short-term benefits, such as theconstruction jobs, that it would bring tothat part of the Borough.

“The construction jobs, which werealize are important to a lot of peoplehere and in our community, would comeand then be gone, but the park won’t beable to come back,” she said.

In contrast, people who support theUSTA’s plan say that it will boost theBorough’s economy and help bring jobsto the area as well.

“The visiting teams and their fami-lies stay at hotels in Corona, Flushing,East Elmhurst and elsewhere, they dineat local restaurants, they shop at localbusinesses,” said Jack Friedman, execu-tive director of the Queens Chamber ofCommerce, who was speaking about

the economic impact youth teams haveon the area throughout the year.

Andrew Eichenholz, a Forest Hills resi-dent who goes to Townsend Harris HighSchool, was one of a few young adults andchildren to attend both meetings in sup-port of the USTA. Like Eichenholz, theyall said that the USTA gives them a chanceto use the courts year-round and play theirtournament games there as well.

“I’m forever grateful to the USTA be-cause, thanks to them, I’ve had the abilityto take tennis lessons for most of my life,”he said, adding that he has also served as aball boy at the U.S Open in 2010.

Joseph Hennessey, Chairman of Com-munity Board 6 said that while the USTAprobably needs to renovate the stadiumsand area that encompass the tennis cen-ter, he would like to see more moneymade from the tournament go back intoFlushing Meadows Park and Queens.

“If they’re getting all this money fromUSTA, the city should be pushing someof that money back into the Borough ofQueens so that we can maintain thatpark,” Hennessey said.


BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKAThe morning after the special elec-

tion for the 31st District Council seat,two candidates held their heads up highand declared victory.

But the race to fill State Sen. JamesSanders’ (D-Laurelton) vacant Councilseat is still too close to call, with theheavily favored Donovan Richards just26 votes ahead of Pesach Osina, a Jew-ish Orthodox candidate.

The Board of Elections ceased count-ing just after midnight on Feb. 20, witha mere 2.63 percent of votes unread.According to Valerie Vazquez, a spokes-person for the BOE, paper and absenteeballots also need to be counted and it willtake at least one week before any officialwinner is announced.

Vazquez explained that during thecounting process, a single USB flashdrive from a ballot scanner could not beread. This flash drive will be taken to beread on a different computer so its votescan be counted. As it stands, Richardshad 2,513 votes (30.05 percent) andOsina has 2,487 (29.73 percent).

But this did not stop both candidatesfrom proclaiming their victory. Themorning of the news, Richards tweeted,“Happy to announce I am the Council-man!” and “Pesach Osina ran a hell of acampaign.”

The former chief of staff to Sandersalso hinted to his Twitter followers thatthe BOE is missing votes from locationslike P.S. 52 in Jamaica, Ocean Village,St. Claire’s in Rosedale and PS 270 inLaurelton – predominately AfricanAmerican neighborhoods. The tweet

Two Candidates Declare Victory

was not confirmed by Vazquez.Richards was unable to be reached

for comment as of press time but hedeclared victory at his campaign party inLaurelton.

Osina, a former staffer for Assembly-man Phillip Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park),who held his campaign party in his FarRockaway office, similarly declared him-self the winner to a group of supporters,whom were mostly Jewish Orthodox.

“While we are still uncertain of thetotal numbers, when every vote iscounted, we will be victorious,” he said.He went on to thank his opponents forall they have done and said he was“looking forward to working with themin the days and weeks ahead.”

Osina has been a relatively low-keycandidate with limited media contact.Still, in the weeks before the election,

locals expressed concern that the votesfor Black candidates would be split andOsina might be able to pull out a win.

On Feb. 5 at the first candidate’s forumfor the seat, the outspoken Rev. CharlesNorris of the Bethesda Missionary BaptistChurch in Jamaica asked each of the can-

Both Donovan Richards and Pesach Osina (pictured with AssemblymanPhil Goldfeder) declared vic tory in the special election for Council Dis-trict 31. Richards led Osina by just 26 votes.

didates if they would be willing to drop outof the race so a Black candidate would win.

“You have one white person fromFar Rockaway that’s in the race. Jewsvote in a block,” he said. “They willknock every one of you out. Which oneof you thinks you are best to run to beatt he Jew tha t ’ s r unn ing i n Fa rRockaway?” he continued to ask.

None of the six candidates in atten-dance offered to drop out of the race andall but one, Saywalah Kesselly, said theywould be running again in the Novem-ber primaries.

More than 8,300 of the 84,000 regis-tered voters in District 31 came out for theelection and votes are still being counted.A 2012 report shows that the district hasmore than a 65 percent African Americanpopulation and just slightly fewer than 12percent of white constituents.

Reporters Luis Gronda and JoeMarvilli contributed to this report.

Reach Repor te r Nata l i aKozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123or [email protected].

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Donovan Richards ......................................................... 2,513 (30.05 percent)Pesach Osina ................................................................ 2,487 (29.73 percent)Jacques Leandre ............................................................ 1,160 (13.87 percent)Michael Duncan .................................................................. 962 (11.5 percent)Selvena Brooks ................................................................... 817 (9.77 percent)Marie Adam-Ovide ............................................................... 159 (1.9 percent)Saywallah Kesselly .............................................................. 152 (1.82 percent)Allan Jennings .................................................................... 114 (1.36 percent)

Editor’s Note: Results provided by the Board of Elections, but are notofficial until the remaining paper ballots have been counted.

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BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKAOn Feb. 20, the New York League of

Conservation Voters unveiled its 2012Environmental Scorecard for the NewYork Congressional delegation. Of the29 U.S. Representatives assessed, 13had a score of 85 or higher, two of whichrepresent Queens County.

New York’s House average, 65 per-cent, was significantly higher than thehistorically low national average at 42percent. Alex Taurel, deputy director atNYLC, blames Republicans for the lownational score.

“Indeed, the Republican leadershipof the U.S. House of Representativescontinues its war on the environment,public health and clean energy through-out 2012, cementing its record as themost anti-environmental house in ournation’s history,” Taurel argued.

He said the score was even moreappalling when one considers the cur-rent climate crisis.

“Most of the country experiencedextreme heat waves and severe droughtthroughout the summer of 2012, whilethe Arctic sea ice reached its lowestextent on record,” he said. “HurricaneSandy brought even more devastationand destruction and was followed by thenews that 2012 was the hottest year onrecord in the United States.”

The Na t i ona l Env i ronmen ta lScorecard grades members of Congresson environmental, public health andenergy issues on a scale 0-100 – 100

Queens Reps Get Green Grades

being the highest.To obtain results, NYLC hired seven

national environmental groups that madeup a panel of 20 experts. Together, theycompiled a list of the most pressingenvironmental legislation and awardedpoints for representatives who voted infavor. A missed vote docked the score.

Queens’ representatives scored com-paratively lower than others in areasacross New York. In Brooklyn, the Bronxand upstate, three members of Congresshad a score of 85 and higher. However,Queens Congress members did havebetter scores than elected officials fromStaten Island, Manhattan, Nassau Countyand Suffolk County.

Of the 29 council members assessed,

five had a score under 15. Former U.S.Rep. Bob Turner, who represented NewYork’s 9th Congressional District, whichencompassed parts of Middle Villageand the Rockaways, had a three percentscore – the lowest of all representatives.

By contrast, U.S. Rep. CarolynMaloney (D-Astoria) had a score of 97percent, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowely (D-Jackson Heights) had a score of 91percent and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks(D-Jamaica) had a score of 77 percent.

“In the face of unprecedented attackson laws protecting water, air, and land,environmental allies like Steve Israel (D-Nassau), Carolyn Maloney, and MauriceHinchey (D-Hudson Valley) stood up forour values and put New Yorkers first,”

U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Joseph Crowley received high marks from the New York League of Conserva-tion Voters Environmental Scorecard, while former U.S. Rep. Bob Turner received the lowest score in the State.

said Marcia Bystryn, president of NYLCV,in a statement. “While Americans wereseeing the historic impacts of extremeweather right outside their window,members like Tom Reed (R- Geneva) andformer members Ann Marie Buerkle (R-Syracuse) and Bob Turner continued toignore the reality of climate change.”

NYLC also rated U.S. Sen. ChuckSchumer, who scored a 93, and U.S. Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, who also scored a 93.Both scored significantly higher than thenational Senate average of 53 percent.

To see the entire scorecard, visitwww. scorecard.lcv.org.

Reach Repor te r Nata l i aKozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123or [email protected].

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By LUIS GRONDAA section of Cross Bay Boulevard is

about to get a much needed clean-up.Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone

Park) and The Doe Fund, a Manhattan-based nonprofit organization that pro-vides work to people who are homelessor have been in jail, have teamed up toclean the Broad Channel section of CrossBay Boulevard that still has garbage anddebris leftover from Hurricane Sandy.

At a press conference to announcethe initiative on Feb. 15, Ulrich said thatthe Doe Fund’s workers would do theclean-up of a 1.5-mile stretch betweenthe foot of the Joe Addabbo Bridge andthe American Legion Hall.

Ulrich added that he called George

Broad Channel To Be Cleaned UpMcDonald, the president of The DoeFund, and told him about the garbagethat has accumulated on that Boulevardand asked for his assistance.

“It is situated between a beautifulnational park and an amazing estuaryand yet it looks like a dumping ground,”he said. “We need your help.”

McDonald, who is also one of a grow-ing field of candidates for Mayor of NewYork City, said that the men who willwork on the land are part of the DoeFund’s “Ready, Able and Willing” pro-gram, one of the organization’s best-known programs. They will have ninemen, cleaning up that section of BroadChannel until the job is complete.

Two community leaders represent-ing that area of Queens have also voicedtheir support for the project created bythe councilman and the nonprofit.

Dolores Orr, Chairwoman of Com-munity Board 14, who attended the Fri-day afternoon press conference, said thatthis work will be especially important forthe residents of Broad Channel and theRockaways, who are still picking up thepieces that were destroyed by Sandy.

“It’s equally important for our resi-dents that are recovering themselvesthat we will recover and become thebeautiful and lovely place that we were,”she said.

Dan Mundy, president of the BroadChannel Civic Association, said in astatement provided by Ulrich’s office,that he is elated about the project.

“It is a scenic woodland area that isenjoyed by bird enthusiasts, bikers, andhikers. Unfortunately, since the stormthe amount of garbage, litter and debrishas piled up and created a real eyesore.It is very encouraging to know that due

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It’s equallyimportant for ourresidents that arerecoveringthemselves that wewill recover andbecome thebeautiful and lovelyplace that we were.

- Dolores Orr

Councilman Eric Ulrich announced a partnership with the Doe Fund lastweek, which will provide clean-up for the Broad Channel area of CrossBay Boulevard.

to the councilman’s efforts and the DOEFund, that this area will be beautifulagain,” he said.


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The ongoing discussions surrounding the proposals for the USTAexpansion and the Major League Soccer stadium in FlushingMeadows Corona Park have created a great divide among those infavor of the proposals and those opposed. But what each side shouldconsider is the importance of having open parkland available to theresidents of Queens.

The land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park should be cherishedas valuable space where Borough residents can enjoy the outdoors.Regardless of whether the USTA or MLS have their proposalsapproved, we must start to consider drawing a line when it comesto developments in one of Queens’ best-known landmarks.

Without an agreement to end these development proposals, weare ensuring a future where kids have no parkland where they canplay and communities have no space for events.

Instead of seeking out how to use the parkland to make a buck,it is time for our elected officials to start finding ways to preserveFlushing Meadows Corona Park and – hopefully – restore it to thebeautiful piece of land that housed two World’s Fairs.

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A Good IdeaTo The Editor:

When I was a kid, I grew up withimages of Hopalong Cassidy shootingumpteen bullets at bad guys from his six-shooter while riding on his white horse,Topper, at a full run. Paladin was calledto town to wipe out bad guys because hewas the guy with the gun in the ad, HaveGun Will Travel. Wyatt Earp shot all thebad guys when they deserved it and sodid Steve McQueen and several others.Television was filled with westerns andgood guys always triumphed over thebad guys. Law was dictated by the barrelof a gun. But as a kid, those were myheroes. I had strap-on pistols and hidbehind trees and couches in my livingroom. I shot my parents and friends whoI pretended to be the bad guys whoneeded killing until mom called me fordinner. You can’t tell me that a kidwatching violent movies and videogames is not desensitized by all thekilling and gore they see. They imaginethemselves as the good guys wiping outthe enemy like I did. As I grew older, mycowboy heroes were replaced by MickeyMantle, Phil Rizzuto, and Bob Cousy. Igot rid of my toy guns and picked up abaseball glove instead. The guns werefor kids. The baseball glove was for the

new man I was going to be as my bodygrew bigger and stronger.

But my reality of the Old West was amyth and I didn’t know it. Wyatt Earpmade people check their guns outside oftown and so did Deadwood. Shoot outswere rare, and nothing like the showsdepicted. But, sadly, we are all victims ofthe American western shoot-em-upmyths that filled the television and moviescreens and still do. Shoot outs areexciting and sell tickets. Talking downthe bad buys is boring.

In colonial times, most people didn’town guns. Those who did were requiredto register their names with the localconstables so they could be recruited fora militia if necessary. Eventually, theRevolutionary War made call-up neces-sary. Those that had guns used themprimarily for hunting for food, and torun off marauding Indians occasionally.They didn’t use them against each other.

Nothing in the Constitution says thegovernment cannot require all weaponsto be registered. No rights are takenaway by registration. Even the NRA saidall registration was a good idea andtestified to such after the Columbineincident. Now, they distance themselvesfrom those statements. Far-right Su-preme Court justice and hunter, AntoninScalia, has even said that certain restric-

tions can be put on gun owners, regis-tration being one of them. The Heller vWashington DC dec is ion a l lowedhomeowners to have guns, even pistols,to protect themselves in the home. It wasnot a complete freedom to do whateveryou want with guns under the SecondAmendment as many tout today.

The case for registering all guns isstrong, based on history and legal prece-dent. When the Second Amendmentwas written there were no rapid-fireweapons, there weren’t even any pre-made bullets. It took a good 30-secondsto reload between shots. The word mi-litia meant a local militia, not the way ithas come to be interpreted by the right-leaning Court to mean an individual aswell as militia. Guns are made to kill. Itmakes sense to register them and to beable to track them for our own safetysake. It makes sense to limit gun styles,bullet magazine capacity, and the abilityto convert them to rapid fire weapons.Military weapons should be limited tothe military. It makes sense to limit gunownership to mentally stable individu-als. Police officers should be able to pullup gun registration on their car com-puter just the way they can pull up yourdriver’s license when you get stopped.Hopefully, the recent Connecticut mas-sacre of children and teachers will finallybring that day closer at hand.

Tyler Cassell,Flushing

Helping OthersTo The Editor:

It is now Lent and it is time forChristians to reflect on how we some-times stray from the teachings of ourLord. It is also a time to remember whatJesus did for us and how he sacrificedfor us so we might be saved. It is a timewhere we think of giving certain thingsup. I think though it should not only bea time of giving up material things butshould be a time where we give of our-selves in helping those in need. Now Ithink we should take this a step furtherby volunteering for a faith based orga-nization. One such organization is theKnights of Columbus, open to all Catho-lic men 18 years old and up. The Knightsof Columbus, where I serve as GrandKnight, is dedicated and committed toservice to the church, the communityand those in need as we did for thevictims of hurricane Sandy. Our prin-ciples are summed up in four words:charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism.

We are also a family-oriented organiza-tion. You can go to the internet and typein kofc.org, and they can lead you to thecouncil nearest your home, or you cango to your parish for information on theKnights of Columbus. We have morethan 1.7 million members and more than15,000 councils worldwide. In just NewYork State alone we have over 550councils. I have found being a Knight amost rewarding experience that hashelped me give a little back for all theLord has given me in my life. Added tothat, it has afforded me an opportunityto help those in need. So please check usout and you will be glad you did.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr.,Glen Oaks Village

Wacky WeatherTo The Editor:

As we move towards the middle andend of winter, the predictions for abovenormal snowfall and colder than normaltemperatures for our region was onceagain totally wrong! These expert fore-casters don’t know what they are talkingabout. There is no accurate way to pre-dict what the weather for an entire sea-son will be 2-3 months ahead of time.Yet, Accuweather did precisely that,putting out a long range forecast inOctober for the upcoming winter. Whata bunch of overhyped garbage! Everytime that they predict a major storm willstrike New York City, they are alwayswrong! Either the storm blows out tosea, passes too far east of our area, orheads west of us, giving us mild tem-peratures and rain. When will these ex-perts ever get it right? Never! The Wiz-ard of Oz could do a better job predict-ing the weather than these overpaid,blundering clowns.

John Amato,Fresh Meadows

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BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKAWhile it is recognized by three

countries across the world, BlackHistory Month is greatly embracedin Queens. The Borough has beenhome to some of the most influen-tial Black leaders and legends, es-pecially in the fields of music andsports, making it an area rich withhistory and culture.

Jazz’s very ownfounding father, LouisArmstrong, lived in Co-rona for a good portionof his life. Although hewas born in New Or-leans, the composer,trumpeter and vocalistlived at 34-56 107th St.,in North Corona with hiswife Lucille. His formerhome has since beenturned to the LouisArmstrong House Mu-seum and is open to thepublic.

The neighborhood ofSt. Albans is home toseveral jazz legends in-cluding Count Basieand John Coltrane .Basie is best known forhis hits “One O’clockJump” and “Jumpin’ AtThe Woodside.”Coltrane helped pioneerthe use of modes injazz. He also organizedat least 50 recordingsessions during his ca-reer in the 1950s and 1960s.

St. Albans is also home to someof the world’s most famous athletes.Jackie Robinson, who broke thecolor barr ier in spor ts, l ived inAddisleigh Park. He was the first Af-r ican-Amer ican player in Major

League Baseball when he signedwith the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.In addition to his impact to the CivilRights Movement, Robinson had anincredible baseball career. In his 10seasons in MLB, he played in six

World Series.MLB’s f i rst Black

catcher and three-timeNational League MostValuable Player, RoyCampanella, is alsofrom St. Albans.Campanella was in-ducted to the Hall ofFame as a BrooklynDodger in 1969.

Malcolm X, the con-troversial Muslim min-ister and civil rights ac-tivist, had a home inQueens. In June of1964, the Nation of Is-lam sued to reclaim theproper ty in the Bor-ough, which theyclaimed to own. Thelawsuit was successfuland Malcolm X was or-dered to leave. Thenight before the sched-uled hearing to post-pone the date of evic-t ion, the home wasburned down. MalcolmX and his family sur-vived and no one was

charged with a crime.Founder of Def Jam Records,

Russell Simmons, was raised inHollis. Simmons has done incrediblywell for himself, having also createdclothing brands Phat Farm,Argyleculture and American Clas-

sics. In 2011, he was thethird richest figure in hip-hopwith a net-worth of about$340 million. His brother, Jo-seph Ward Simmons,known as Rev. Run, was alsoraised in the Hollis home.

Rounding out the Forbes’five wealthiest hip-hop art-ists, Curtis Jackson, morecommonly referred to as 50Cent, was born and raisedin South Jamaica. The fa-mous rapper has come along way since his days inthe poverty-stricken areasell ing drugs. Last year,Jackson earned $100 millionon the sale of his Vitaminwater stakein 2007.

Onika Tanya Maraj, better knownby her stage name, Nicki Minaj, isa Tr inidadian-born rapper andsinger-songwriter. When she wasjust five years old, she moved to Ja-maica. She released three mix tapesbetween 2007 and 2009 and signedto Young Money Entertainment. Sheis one of three women signed to thelabel. On Nov. 19, 2012, the hip-hopstar even returned to her old school,PS45, to surprise students with freeThanksgiving turkeys.

Rafer Alston, a professionalbasketball player that played for sixNational Basketball Associationteams, grew up in Jamaica and at-tended Benjamin Cardozo HighSchool in Bayside. Alston stood outfor his untradit ional basketbal lmoves, which made him particularlygood at getting past defenders dur-ing a game. Alston served as an in-spiration for the AND1 Mixtape tour,a 1999 videotape of his extrememoves. The video attracted atten-tion from basketball fans acrossAmerica.

The inspirational Robert “Bob”Beamon, a former track and fieldathlete best known for his worldrecord in the long jump at the MexicoOlympics in 1968, was also born inSouth Jamaica. Beamon attendedJamaica High School where he wasdiscovered by Larry Ell is, a re-nowned track coach. Beamon’srecord in 1968 remained the worldrecord for nearly 23 years before itwas broken in 1991 by Mike Powell.He was inducted into the Olympic

Resorts World Casino ExhibitionNOW through FEB. 28

Resorts World Casino in SouthOzone Park is culminating amonth-long celebration of BlackHistory Month with an exhibit dis-playing photographic work from thearchives of The Daily News. Visi-tors will have the chance to see aseries of classic and recent pho-tographs of notable African-Ameri-can figures.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22York College Celebrates

The York College Performing ArtsCenter will feature the band 23rdSon with special guest CamilleThurman. The event will also featureCatarina dos Santos. For additionalinformation, contact Sean White at(718) 262-2555. The event is freeand will be held at the performingarts center from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.York College Performing Arts Cen-ter is located at 94-45 Guy R. BrewerBlvd.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23United African Dance Troupe

The United African Dance Troupe, inassociation with the Jamaica Per-

forming Arts Center, will presenttheir 5th Annual Black History MonthCelebration. The event will be heldat the Jamaica Performing Arts Cen-ter located at153-10 Jamaica Ave. at7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $10for children under 12.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22A Salute to African Americans inthe Military

From 6 to 9 p.m., the Surrogate’sCourt Building, located at 31 Cham-bers St., Manhattan, will have a recep-tion to salute all African Americans inthe military. The event is presented bythe Mayor’s Office of Veteran Affairs.

Reservations are necessary. Call(212) 788-8609 to RSVP.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28“When Harlem Saved A King”

Sylvia’s Restaurant, located at328 Lenox Ave., in Manhattan, willbe exclusively screening the trailerfor “When Harlem Saved a King,” adocumentary chronicling the 1958stabbing of the Rev. Martin LutherKing in a Harlem department store.The screening will take place from6 to 9 p.m. Reservations are re-quired. To RSVP, send an email [email protected] or call(212) 281-0809.

Hall of Fame in 1983.The first Black person to ever re-

ceive the Nobel Peace Prize for hiswork at the United Nations, RalphBunche, lived in the Kew Gardensneighborhood of Queens from 1953up until his death in 1971. The politi-cal scientist, academic and diplomatreceived the 1950 Nobel PeacePrize for his late 1940s mediation inPalestine. In 1963, he was also re-warded the Medal of Freedom byPresident John F. Kennedy. There isan elementary school named afterhim in Springfield Gardens.

Civil Rights activist Roy Wilkinsmoved to Queens Village after mov-ing from Minnesota to Kansas.Wilkins was instrumental in the CivilRights Movement and famous for hisleadership in the National Associa-tion for the Advancement of ColoredPeople, succeeding Walter White asthe head. He also helped organizeMartin Luther King Jr.’s March onWashington. Today, a park in QueensVillage is named in his honor.

Son of jazz musician Olu Dara,multi-platinum rapper Nasir bin OluDara Jones, better known as Nas,relocated from Crown Heights,Brooklyn to the Queensbr idgeHouses in Long Island City when hewas a young child. Nas released hisfirst album, “Illmatic,” in 1994 andreceived universal acclaim from theenter tainment industry. It is fre-quently referred to as one of thegreatest hip-hop albums of all time.

Reach Reporter Natal iaKozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext.123 [email protected].

Recognizing

Black HistoryIn Queens

Celebrate Black History Month in New York CityEvents Calendar

Louis Armstrong lived in North Coronawith his wife Lucille. His home is now theLouis Armstrong House Museum.

Bob Beamon

Russell Simmons

Pride of New York

Philip BerryBorough of Manhattan Community College

Queens CollegeVice Chairperson, CUNY Board of Trustees

President, Philip Berry Associates LLC.Robert T. Johnson

City College of New YorkDistrict Attorney, Bronx County;

Former Acting Justice of New YorkState Supreme Court

Shirley ChisholmBrooklyn CollegeFormer Congresswoman and Candidate for Democratic Presidential NominationIn MemoriamHelen MarshallQueens CollegeQueens Borough President, Former New York CityCouncil Member and New York StateAssembly Member

Ayodele OtiMacaulay Honors College at

City College of New YorkTruman Scholar 2011

Ruby DeeHunter College

Award-Winning Stage, Film Actress and Screenwriter

Colin PowellCity College of New YorkFormer U.S. Secretary of StateFormer Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Lowell HawthorneBronx Community CollegePresident and CEOGolden Krust Caribbean Bakery& Grill

Bert MitchellBaruch College

Founder, Chairman & CEOMitchell & Titus LLP

Iyanla VanzantMedgar Evers College

CUNY Law SchoolBest-selling Author,

Inspirational Speaker

Walter MosleyCity College of New YorkAward-Winning AuthorFounder, City College Publishing Certificate Program

Funlayo Easter WoodBronx Community CollegeCUNY B.A., City College of New York M.A.Fulbright-Hays Scholar 2011,Harvard University

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By JOE MARVILLIWhile pigs are illegal as pets in New

York City, that may soon change if StateSen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) has any-thing to say about it.

The Senator held a rally on Feb. 19at Little Bay Park in Whitestone, askingthe Dept. of Health to change its regu-lations and allow certain species of pigsto be used as pets or therapy animals.Avella was made aware of this issuewhen Danielle Forgione told him aboutthe City’s attempts to dispose of thefamily pig, Petey.

Forgione, who lives in Whitestone,got Petey last April as an emotionalsupport animal to help her family’s griefover the loss of her brother, Peter Paz,who died in motorcycle accident. Sinceher six-year old son suffered from severeallergies, including animal fur, a tradi-tional pet like a dog or cat was not anoption. Instead, they went with a pig,which has a different type of hair anddoes not cause her child any allergicreactions.

“This was the perfect pet for us. He’sbeen wonderful,” she said. “He playedwith the kids. He’s very gentle. He’s agreat addition to our family”

Last November, the Forgiones re-ceived a notice from the Dept. of Health,telling them that having a pig as a petis il legal and must be disposed of; oth-erwise the department would do it forthem. On top of that, the Clearview

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Gardens co-op board decided to tryand evict the family because of Petey.As a result, the Forgiones had no choicebut to accept a stipulation in court.They are now trying to sell their homeand leave the City so they can keepPetey.

“It only points out how ridiculousthis is that this family is going to have

to move out of the City of New Yorkover this issue when they have a familypet that the kids enjoy,” Avella said. “Ithink it’s time the City recognized thatwhatever policy it may have starteddecades ago may longer be appropri-ate.”

Avella also criticized the City for itsdifferent levels of enforcement on dif-

Nadine Darsanlal, a retired Navy veteran, with her pet pig, Wilbur. Darsanlal hasbeen threatened with legal action by the City Dept. of Health if she does not getrid of her pig.

ferent i ssues, ment ioningwhat he believes to be a lacka-daisical approach to crack-ing down on il legal construc-t ion.

“I can’t get the City to doas much enforcement on thoseserious construction sites asthey are doing against onefamily with a very small pet,”he said. “The City should beconsistent in the level of en-forcement it does across theboard.”

Also on hand was NadineDarsanlal, a disabled Navy vet-eran from College Point whogot her pet pig, Wilbur, nearlytwo years ago. She usesWilbur as a therapy pet andhopes he can be helpful in thatrole to nearby schools, nurs-ing homes and hospita ls .While the Dept. of Health hasnot perused any legal actionyet, they have threatened herwith it.

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By LUIS GRONDAA Forest Hills elected official is look-

ing for an allocation of money that wouldupgrade aging engines on locomotivesthat run though the City.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) is asking Assembly SpeakerSheldon Silver to set aside $17 millionto upgrade engines on 10 Long IslandRail Road Trains that the company leasesout for transporting garbage throughNew York City and Long Island.

According to a release on the legisla-tion, Hevesi wrote in a letter to Silverthat the engines are in dire need of an

Money Requested For Safer Trainsupgrade in order to be compatible withThe Federal Clean Air Act of 1970 andto become more eco friendly.

“Transitioning from truck to rail forwaste and freight transport is an admi-rable goal. However, we need to ensurethat while doing this, locomotives meetcontemporary engine emissions stan-dards that don’t cause severe environ-mental degradation for the communi-ties that surround the rail lines,” theAssemblyman said in a statement.

If the money is approved, the engineswould be upgraded from tier 0, whichwere manufactured between 1973 and

1992 and have since been discontinuedto tier 3, which would emit cleaner, saferexhaust while transporting waste.

Mary Parisen, president of CivicsUnited for Railroad Environmental So-lutions, is pleased with Hevesi’s requestfor the new engines saying that withmore waste traveling by train, the amountof pollution the old engines are omittingneeds to be addressed as trains ridingthrough places like Fresh Pond Termi-nal in Glendale can often disturb resi-dents.

“You can’t do something like thatwithout addressing quality of life is-

sues,” Parisen said.She added that what Hevesi is asking

for should not be unaffordable to NewYork State, calling it a “drop in thebucket.”

Parisen and her group tried, unsuc-cessfully, last year to prevent BrookhavenRail Terminal from buying 232 extraacres of land because they said it wouldlead to more trains going through FreshPond Terminal and causing more pollu-tion.


By JOE MARVILLIQueens Library at Kew Gardens

Hills is preparing to undergo a majorrenovation, result ing in it s temporaryclosing for two years.

The library wi ll close at the end ofits business day on Feb. 22 to makeway for an expansion that will be com-plete in 2015. Library patrons fromKew Gardens Hills will not be left with-out a branch though, as a temporarylocation wil l open in the middle ofMarch at 71-34 Main St. in the neigh-borhood, just a couple of blocks awayfrom the library’s location at 72-33Vleigh Place.

Over the course of its renovation,

Library Closes For ExpansionKew Gardens Hil ls Library w il l add3,000 square feet of space to its 8,200square feet structure, increasing the areaavailable for adults, teens and childrenas well as adding an expanded meetingroom. In terms of technological im-provements, the library wi l l double thequantity of public-use computers avail-able; have fast radio-frequency identifi-cation-powered self-check-out and 24/7 self-check in.

The building’s new design, createdby WORK Architects, will include anenergy-saving green roof, new energy-efficient heating, ventilating, air condi-tioning and light-fixtures, all helping itseligibility for LEED Silver cer tification.

The glass for the frontage will be en-ergy-efficient as well.

The building will be fully handicapaccessible.

WORK Architects was selected bythe Dept. of Design and Construction,which is overseeing the development.

The design and construction of thelibrary wi ll cost $7.415 million.

The shor t-term branch will offer alimited selection of books, movies andother library materials as wel l as refer-ence services and limited computer ac-cess. Its location was selected due to itsavailability and proximity to the reno-vation.

“Retail space is very expensive and

hard to find in that neighborhood, as itis a very busy, vibrant area,” Commu-nications Director Joanne King said.“71-34 Main Street offered the bestpossibilit ies.”

A groundbreaking ceremony will beheld in March with an exact date forth-coming. The same is true of the tempo-rary library opening date.

“Queens Library at Kew GardensHills serves so many people who have adiverse range of educational needs,”Thomas Galante, President and CEOof Queens Library, said.


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100th & 103rd PrecinctINVESTIGATION: On Feb. 16

at about 8:40 a.m., police respondedto 149 Bayside Ave., within the con-fines of the 100th Precinct, for abody recovered from the beach area.The body was identified as MarishaCheong, 24, who was reported miss-ing from her residence in Jamaica,within the 103rd Precinct, on Dec.19. The medical examiner will deter-mine cause of death.

103rd PrecinctASSAULT: The NYPD is seek-

ing the public’s assistance identify-ing a suspect wanted in connectionto an assault.

On Feb. 4 at 3:30 p.m., police re-sponded to a 911 call of a male stabbedinside the Jamaica Center subway sta-tion at Parsons Boulevard and ArcherAvenue. Upon arrival, officers discov-ered three individuals stabbed. One vic-tim was stabbed in the leg and two in thetorso. All three were transported to Ja-maica Hospital in stable condition.

The suspect is described as teenagedHispanic male.

Anyone with information is asked tocall Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS(8477). The public can also submit theirtips by visiting nypdcrimestoppers.comor texting their tips to CRIMES (274637)then enter TIPS577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

105th PrecinctINVESTIGATION: On Feb. 17 at

7:41 a.m., police responded to a 911 callof an unconscious female at 245-07135th Ave., Rosedale. Upon arrival,officers discovered a Aeisha Sarooqui,15, of 75-32 Parsons Blvd., unconsciousand unresponsive. There were no obvi-ous signs of trauma. The investigation isongoing.

107th PrecinctFATAL FIRE: On Feb. 19 at 4:50

a.m. at 182-30 Wexford Terrace, inJamaica Estates, police responded to acall of a residential fire. Upon extin-guishment of the fire, responding offic-ers observed the victim, Henry Schwan,62, of the above address, unconsciousand unresponsive. EMS responded andpronounced him dead at the scene.

Another victim was removed to NewYork Hospital Queens and is listed instable condition.

The cause of the fire is yet to bedetermined, but the fire is not consid-ered to be suspicious in nature at thistime. The investigation is ongoing.

113th PrecinctFATAL ACCIDENT: On Feb. 15 at

12:28 a.m. at the intersection ofRockaway Boulevard and 137th Avenue,police responded to a call of a pedestrianstruck.

Upon arrival, police observed thevictim, identified as Carlos Carlo, 65, of

Jamaica with trauma about the body.EMS responded and transported thevictim to Jamaica Hospital, where hewas pronounced dead on arrival.

Upon further investigation, policedetermined that a dark-colored sedantraveling northbound on RockawayBoulevard struck the victim as he wascrossing west to east. The suspect’s ve-hicle fled the location before police ar-rived to the scene. The investigation wasongoing.

115th PrecinctGRAND LARCENY: The NYPD is

asking the public’s assistance identify-ing the following suspect wanted forgrand larcent, in transit.

On Feb. 5 at 11:30 p.m., the victim,a 36-year-old female, was on the 7 trainin the vicinity of 111th Street, when thesuspect grabbed the victim’s iPhone outof her hand and fled the train. Therewere no reported injuries.

The suspect is described as an His-panic male, 18-20 years old, 5-foot-9with a stocky build.

Anyone with information is asked tocall Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS(8477). The public can also submit theirtips by visiting nypdcrimestoppers.comor texting their tips to CRIMES (274637)then enter TIPS577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Queens Distr ict AttorneyGANG MEMBERS SENTENCED:

Queens DA Richard Brown announcedthat two members of the Crips streetgang have been sentenced to 50 years inprison for the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old student and the wounding of a17-year-old car wash employee, inno-cent bystanders struck by gunfire dur-ing an October 2009 altercation be-tween the Crips and the Bloods.

Gregory Calas, 21, of St. Albans, wasconvicted of first-degree manslaughter,second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault andtwo counts of criminal possession of aweapon. Nnonso Ekwegbalu, 19, ofSpringfield Garden, whose case was heardby a separate jury, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault,second-degree assault and one count ofcriminal possession of a weapon.

This suspect is wanted in connectionto an assault in the 103rd Precinc t.

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Spain Just AroundThe Corner

Marbella Restaurant220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside(718) 423-1000w ww.marbella-restaurant.comCuisine: SpanishCredit Card: Yes, all major.Delivery: Yes

If you’re like me, someone whoyearns to travel the world in search ofgreat food and places to visit, look nofur ther for your tradit ional Mediter-ranean Spanish food than MarbellaRestaurant in Bayside.

Th i s cozy r e s t au ran twisps you halfway across ourworld just to bring you thef i ne s t Span i sh cu i s i ne .Upon en t e r i ng , I wasgreeted by Servando Cid,who has been in charge ofhis restaurant for more than35 years. The mastermindbeh ind the re s tau ran t ’ sgreat menu is executive chefEsteban Barroso, an originator of thetapas restaurant, which is slowly grow-ing more popular in the Borough.Since Esteban is from Madrid, helikes to think of himself as an innova-tor bringing his style of cooking toour lit tle place in the world.

Our waiter, Paulino, who alwayshad a smile on his face, explainedsome of their most popular dishes tome and my guest. We started out witha glass of their homemade Sangria,which delicately coated my pallet asour first course arrived. In Spanishtapas tradition, I decided to share ev-ery thing I ordered with my guest. Thefirst dish to arrive at our table was anavocado seafood salad, a half slicedavocado stuffed with a ceviche styleseafood salad, ful l of lobster andshrimp and bay scallops. The flavorsof this dish were a perfect way to startout our meal, a great star ter fromtheir specials of the day. Next was the

Mejillones al Whiskey , mussels in awhiskey cream sauce. The restaurantused New Zealand mussels, which aresome of the best. For those wanting toknow the difference, New Zealandmussels have a green shell, as opposedto the Prince Edward Island blackmussels, and are usually larger.

For entrees, we shared their mostpopular dish, Paella Valenciana conLangosta, which is a traditional Span-ish dish combining a saffron yellowrice over lobster, shrimp, bay scallops,

chicken, and chorizo, servedon a hot skillet which Paulinosplit and served out for us toenjoy. As we were diggingin to all the delicious colorsand flavors in front of us thenext dish arrived, one oftheir specials, Lamb shankOsobuco in a Rioja WineDemi Glaze. Talk about fal loff the bone good. The meatslid right off with lit tle effort,

and the flavor of the Rioja sauce pairedperfectly with this braised lamb shank.This dish was accompanied with boiledred potatoes, steamed carrots andstring beans, which were seasoned everso nicely, not take away from the fla-vor of the lamb.

For dessert, I decided to order theirhomemade hot pecan pie (which I’m asucker for), though I would have likedto t r y t he i r s i gna tu re Crepe s“Marbella” which is a dish for two, butmy guest was full from the deliciousMediterranean cuisine we had just en-joyed.

From great at tent ive service, to awonderful array of food, Servando andhis crew really know how to cater tohis guests. Willing to accommodateanyone who steps in their door withor without a reservation. Their callingis to go above and beyond for theirguest’s satisfaction.

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By STEVEN J. FERRARIIt started as something she consid-

ered a “really cool hobby” while shetaught sixth graders in South Florida,but even then, Lisa Corrao knew shewanted to make people laugh.

“The first time I was on stage, I waslike, ‘I never want to do anything else,’”she said.

On Feb. 28, Corrao will headline atthe Laughing Devil Comedy Club inLong Island City, her third appearanceat the club.

Proud of the fact that she has alwaysbeen considered a funny person, Corraowould tell her students that she was go-

ing to be a comedian someday. Now,about eight years into her comedy ca-reer, some of those same students arestar t ing to be fami l iar face s whenCorrao is on stage.

“Now they’re old enough to cometo shows,” she said. “They follow me.It’s kind of weird.”

When she started to take the careermore seriously, Corrao star ted to ap-pear at The Improv in Miami. The clubtook her under its wing and helped herdevelop her rout ine. Now, Corrao hastravel led al l over the country and waseven featured on Nick Jr.’s “NickMomNight Out” comedy show.

A single mother, Corrao said her actis not centered around that fact, al-though it is a par t of her routine. Thecomedian is hesitant todefine her act, however.

“Don’t ask me whatkind of comedy I do,”she warned. “Basically,I make fun of stuff. I’ma terrible person.”

While she was bornon Long Is land, herpa ren t s moved toFlorida not long after.Rega rd l e s s , Co r r aosaid she still had a LongIsland accent until shewas 8 or 9 years old.

“My dad was alwaystrying to get me andmy brothers to lose ouraccen t s , ” she sa i d .“’You’ll never meet a doctor or a NASAscientist with that accent,’ he’d tell us.Really, dad, that’s what you thoughtwe’d do with our lives?”

Set for her third appearance at theLaughing Devil next week, Corrao saidshe is grateful to have caught the eye ofowner Steve Hoffstetter, who she called

By JOE MARVILLIWhile Queens Botanical Garden is

usually focused on what is happeningand growing out of the ground, theyhave recently formed a new relationshipwith the sky. Sky View Center, that is.

The environmental nonprofit hasformed a community par tnership withthe Flushing-based retail developer forfour holiday-themed events throughoutthe year.

This new collaboration follows SkyView Center’s continuous goal to inte-grate itself into the Flushing commu-nity since the retail shopping space wascreated in 2010. The mall plans to bringnew activities to its patrons through theuse of various par tnerships similar tothe one established the Queens Botani-cal Garden.

“Suppor t ing the local communityhas always been incredibly impor tantto us, which is one of the reasons wemake such an effort to par tner with es-tablished organizations like the QueensBotanical Garden,” Michael Dana, presi-dent of Onex Real Estate Partners whichowns Sky View Center, said. “We wantto provide unique experiences that ap-peal to a range of people.”

Queens Botan i ca l Garden wasequal ly enthusiastic about its new par t-nership.

“I would sum this up as a win-win-win. Everyone benefits; QBG, Sky Viewand the public who visit Sky View toenjoy the programming,” Darcy Hec-

Sky View Partners withBotanical Garden

tor, director of marketing and develop-ment, said. “We always seek to educateand inspire, however to be able to doso off-site in a new environment allowsus to fur ther integrate ourselves in theFlushing community and meet the manyvisitors that come to shop and dine atSky View Center.”

The first such experience occurredon Feb. 10 to celebrate Valentine’s Day.Taking place at Sky View Center andhosted by the Botanical Garden, thefun-for-all-ages festivity featured a spe-cial Compost cookie bake, which in-cludes a mix of ingredients such aschocolate chips, butterscotch chips,pretzels and potato chips.

Additionally, l ive jazz music wassupplied by Marsha Heydt and theProject of Love. The band’s appearancewas organized by CenterStage: TheQueens Center, another nonprof i tpartnered with the mall.

“The place was quite fi l led withpeople enjoying the music and work-ing on the craft project,” Hector said.

The three other holiday events willtake place on May 12, where Mother’sDay cards will be made with pressedflowers, June 16, which will see the cre-ation of origami wallets for Father’s Day,and Oct. 27, during which either greenhaired monsters or origami pumpkinswill be assembled for Halloween.


a tough guy to impress in terms of com-edy. Corrao took part in the club’s She-Devil Festival last year, an event featur-

ing female comediansfrom around the coun-t r y. In Januar y, shemade her second ap-pearance as a featuredperformer. Next week,she wil l headline herown show at the club.

Having been bornin New York, Corraosaid she was expectingto see some family nextweek.

“I’ll probably have alot of cousins at thisshow,” she said. “Hope-fully they won’t embar-rass me. And hopefullyI don ’ t emba r r a s s

them.”Corrao’s show on Feb. 28 begins at

8 p.m. For tickets and information, visitt he Laugh ing Dev i l ’ s webs i t e a twww.laughingdevil.com.

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WORLD CASINO110-00 Rockaway Blvd.,South Ozone Park. Freeadmission.LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, February 23starting at 10 at the Flush-ing library.LATIN AMERICAN LOVESaturday, February 23Love Songs f rom Lat inAmerica at 3 at the Jack-son Heights library.SNOWFLAKESSaturday, February 23Science of Snowf lakesinc ludes a nature h ikeand live animal demon-stration. Alley Pond Envi-ronmental Center. 229-4000. $24 adults.NU URBAN CAFÉSaturdays live jazz, r&b,open mic 8 -m idn igh t .F ree . 188 -36 L indenBlvd. , S t . A lbans . 917-817-8653.BEAUTY OF BALLETSunday , February 24School of American Bal-let at 1 and 3 at QueensTheatre in the Park. 760-0064.SALSAMondays Resorts WorldCas ino ho lds MondayNight Salsa events. Les-sons 7 :30 . 110 -00Rockaway Blvd. , SouthOzone a rk . 215 -2828 .Free.BINGOTuesdays 7:15 AmericanMar t y r s Church inBayside. 464-4582. Tues-days 7:15 (doors open 6)Rego Park Jewish Cen-ter. 459-1000. $3 admis-sion includes 12 games.AFR-AMER/JEWISHTuesday, Februar y 26Af r i can -Amer i can andJewish Poetry: From Im-ages of Despair to Imagesof Hope at 5:30 at theLangston Hughes library.SCRABBLE CLUBTuesday, Februar y 26East Flushing l ibrary at3:30.SCRABBLETuesdays Fresh Mead-ows library at 2.CHESSTuesdays 4 Rosedale li-brary.SCRABBLE CLUBWednesday, February 27Forest Hills library at 2.SOUTH ASIA ON FILMWednesdays th roughApril 25 at 4:30 at theGodwin -Te rnbach Mu -seum at Queens College.997-4747 for t it les andother info.OPEN MICThursday, February 28East Elmhurst library at 6.FILM & TALKFriday, March 1 “OneFlew Over the Cuckoo’sNest .” Friday, April 5“The Other Boleyn Girl.”

Book discussion and filmsc reen ing a t 1 a t theFlushing library.AFRO TANGOFridays through March17 Fridays through Sun-day Afro Tango at ThaliaSpan i sh Thea t re inSunnyside. 729-3880.NU URBAN CAFÉFridays live jazz and r&b9-midnight. Free. 188-36Linden Blvd., St. Albans.917-817-8653.GAME DAYFr idays 4 :30Woodhaven library.GAME PLAYERS CLUBFridays 2 Hi l lc res t l i -brary.MUSICA REGINAESaturday, March 2 NewMusic Composers ’ Fo -rum featuring composersand artists from NYC atChurch in the Gardens.894-2178.BEL AIRESSunday, March 3 Be lAires perform tunes fromthe 50s-80s at the Cen-tral library at 3.FH SYMPHONYSunday, March 3 at theForest Hills Jewish Cen-ter. 374-1627.

DANCE

ISRAELI FOLKMondays 7:15 -9 :45 a tHillcrest Jewish Center,182-02 Union Turnpike.$10 session. 380-4145.LINE DANCINGMondays 6:30 -9 :30 a tKowalinski Post 4, 61-57Maspe th Avenue . $7 .Cake and cof fee . 565-2259.

FOOD WASTE DROPOFFSaturdays 10:30-noon atthe Sunnys ide l i b ra ryand 1-3 at the Broadwaylibrary.GARDENING CLUBSaturdays help with ourvegetable and shade gar-den at the Steinway l i -brary at 4.

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NALThrough March 2 Smalland Big Works exhibitiona t the Na t iona l A r tLeague , 44 -21Douglaston Parkway. FreeSHANGAAFebruary through MayShangaa: Art of Tanzaniaat Queensborough CC.631-6396.DOLL MUSEUMWednesday , Thursdayand Fr iday 12:30-4:30the Maria Rose Doll Mu-seum in St. Albans. 276-3454. “”Love ConnectsUs All” and internationaldo l l co l l ec t ion . $2 .50youth, $3.50 seniors, $5adults. 917-817-8653.

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IMMIGRATE SERVICESaturdays 10-1 at Coun-c i l Member Le royComrie’s district office.776 -3700 to schedu leappointment.REHEARSALSSaturdays, Sacred MusicChorale of Richmond Hillbegins rehearsals at St.John’s in Richmond Hill.www.richmondhillny.com/Art sSMC.FH VACThe Forest Hil ls Volun-teer Ambulance Corpsneeds volunteers . 793-2055.

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PARENT WORKSHOPMondays, February 25,March 1 at the LefrakCity library at 11:15.PSYCHOLOGICAL CTRFamily and child therapy,pa ren t managementtraining and more. 570-0500 sliding scale.KIDS KORNERWeekdays Cen t ra lQueens YM-YWHA inForest Hills. For K-6. 268-5011, ext. 203.ANIBICAssociat ion for Neuro-logically Impaired BrainIn ju red Ch i ld ren , Inc .sponsors programs forthose through adulthood.423-9550.

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POWERPOINTSaturday, February 23Central library at 9:30.CITIZENSHIPSaturday, February 23Pathway to US Citizen-ship at the Forest Hills li-brary at 3.TANGO WORKSHOPSaturdays in Februaryand March a t Tha l i aSpan i sh Thea t re inSunnyside. 729-3880.METRIX LEARNINGMonday , February 25Central library. Register.990-8625.BUSINESS BASICSMonday , February 25LIC library at 6.BROADWAY CRAFTMondays, February 25,March 1 Broadway l i -brary at 12:30.ENGLISH CONVER.Mondays, February 25Eng l i sh Conver sa t ionClass at the Douglastonlibrary. Register.BEGIN BUSINESSMondays, February 25Jackson Heights library at6 .COMPUTER/INTERNETMondays, February 25bas ics a t 10:30 at theFresh Meadows library.BALLROOM DANCINGMondays, February 25Fores t H i l l s l i b ra ry a t6:30.MAC MONDAYSMondays, February 25 atthe Central library. 990-8625.EVENING CRAFTMondays, February 25 atthe Fresh Meadows l i -brary at 6.BRIDGEMondays except hol i -days 12 -4 a t P r ide o fJudea in Douglaston. Les-son & play $10. Partnersarranged. 423-6200.ADULT CHESSMondays and ThursdaysQueens Village library at5:30.SMALL BUSINESSTuesday, Februar y 26Cent ra l l ib rar y. 990 -8625.MICROSOFT EXCELTuesday, Februar y 26LIC library at 10.BEGIN EXCELTuesday, Februar y 26Flushing library. Register.BEGIN COMPUTERSTuesday, Februar y 26Baisley Park library at 11.COMPUTER BASICSTuesday, Februar y 26Queens Vi l lage l ibrar y.Register .DOWNLOAD E-BOOKSTuesday, Februar y 26Flushing library. Register.INTRO FACEBOOKTuesday, Februar y 26McGoldrick library. Reg-ister.GET YOUR YARNS OUT!

Tuesdays after eveningMinyan a t 8 , kn i t te r s ,c r o c h e t e r s ,needlepointers, and oth-ers meet at the ForestHills Jewish Center. 263-7000, ext. 200.COMPUTER CAMPWednesday, February 27Far Rockaway library at11.INTRO COMPUTERSWednesday, February 27Hollis library. 465-7355.WORD FOR RESUMEWednesday, February 27Central library. Register.COMPUTER CLASSWednesday, February 27Woods ide l i b ra ry a t5:45.WATERCOLORWednesdays a l l tech -niques and subjects at theNational Art League.969-1128.MOCK INTERVIEWSThursday, February 28Central library at 9.LEARN CHINESEThursday, February 28

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SUPPORT GROUPSAlcohol, drugs, domesticviolence, martial issues,depres s ion , anx ie t y,phobia, etc. WoodsideClinic. 779-1234.DOMESTIC VIOL.24 hour Domestic Vio-lence Hotline. 657-0424.PSYCHOLOGICAL CTRI nd i v idua l and g roupcounsel ing, fami ly andcoup le the rapy andmore. 570-0500 sl idingscale.WAITANKUNGSundays 2-5. Total-bodyworkout. Flushing Hospi-tal/Medical Center. Free.Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156.SCHIZO. ANON.Sundays in Rego Park.896-3400.SHAPE UP NYCMonday , February 25stretch and tone at theLIC library at 6:30. Firstcome basis.BREAST CANCERMonday , February 25begins an 8 week BreastCancer P rog ram a tAdelphi Universit y. 516-877-4314.GROUP NUTRITIONMondays at the CardiacHealth Center in FreshMeadows. 670-1695.TAI CHIMondays and Thursdays11 -12 a t the Card iacHealth Center in FreshMeadows. 670-1695. $5.ALZHEIMERSTuesday, Februar y 26Careg ive r Suppor tGroup in Fores t H i l l s .592-5757, ext. 237.CAREGIVERS SUPPORT

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GARDENING CLUBSaturdays i n theSteinway l ibrary court -yard at 4.JEWISH VETSSundays, February 24,March 24 Jewish WarVete rans o f the USALipsky/Blum Post meet atthe Kissena Jewish Cen-te r i n F lu sh ing . 463 -4742. Korean War VetSoccer Team also meets.KNITTING CIRCLEMondays, February 25,March 11, 25 6-8 at Al-ley Pond EnvironmentalCenter. $5. 229-4000 toregister .NY CARESMonday , February 25New York Cares meets torecruit new volunteers atthe Forest Hills library at3 .HIKING CLUBMondays, February 25,March 25 Hiking Cluband Trail Crew meets at7 at Alley Pone Environ-mental Center. 229-4000to register.KNIT & CROCHETMondays, February 25Douglaston library at 3.ORATORIO SOCIETYMondays a t 7 :45 a tTemple Beth Sholom inFlushing. 279-3006. Audi-tions required.COMMUNITY SINGERSMondays Commun i t ySingers start rehearsalsfor their spring concertat 8 at Messiah Lutheranin Flushing. 658-1021.KNIT & CROCHETTuesday, Februar y 26Windsor Park library at 2.CDEC 26Tuesday, Februar y 26CDEC 26 meets at MS67,51-60 Marathon Parkway,L i t t l e Neck . Bus ines smeet ing a t 7 , pub l i cmeeting at 8.GLEE CLUBTuesdays Bayside Men’sGlee Club rehearses at7:30 at All Saints Episco-pal Church, 214-35 40th

Avenue, Bays ide . 961-6852.MEN’S CLUB SOCCERTuesday evenings ForestHi l l s Jewish Center 8 -9:30. 263-7000.FM CAMERATuesdays Fresh MeadowsCamera Club. 917-612-3463.FH VACWednesdays, February27 , March 27 Fo res tHi l l s Vo lunteer Ambu-lance Corp. 793-2055.KNIT & CROCHETWednesday, February 27South Ozone Park libraryat 1.FH SYMPHONYWednesdays the ForestHills Symphony Orches-tra rehearses at the For-

est Hills Jewish Center.516-785-2532.TOASTMASTERSThursday, February 28Advance for ExcellenceToastmasters Club at theBriarwood library at 5:45.KIWANIS CLUBThursdays, February 28,March 14, 28 KiwanisClub of Jamaica meets.527-3678.WOMEN’S GROUPFridays Woman’s Groupof Jamaica Estates meetsat noon. 461-3193.

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LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, February 23starting at 10 at the Flush-ing library.ANIMESaturday, February 23F ina l Fantasy wi th theAnime Anthropologist atthe Flushing library at 2.CHESS CLUBSaturdays F lush ing l i -brary at 2.TEEN ZONEMondays, February 25Queens Village library 4.KNIT & CROCHETMonday , February 25Douglaston library 3.SCRABBLE CLUBTuesday, Februar y 26East Flushing library 3:30.CHESS FOR ALLTuesday, Februar y 26Rosedale library 4.POETRYTuesday, Februar y 26Af r i can -Amer i can andJewish Poetry: From Im-ages of Despair to Imagesof Hope at the LangstonHughes library 5:30.KNIT & CROCHETTuesday, Februar y 26Rochdale Village library5 .KNIT & CROCHETWednesday, February 27South Ozone Park library1 .GRAPHIC NOVELWednesday, February 27make your own graphicnovel at the Queens Vil-lage library at 4.ONLINE TEST PREPWednesday, February 27online test prep. LIC li -b rar y. Reg i ste r 752 -3700.TEEN ZONEWednesday, February 27Queens Village library 4.COMPUTER CLASSWednesday, February 27Woodside library 5:45.TEEN SPACEThursday, February 28sc rapbook ing a t theWindsor Park library at 4.GIRLS METThursday, February 28Attraction or Distractionfor g i r l s 11 -21 to ta lkabout thei r teen yearsRosedale library 3:45.FLUSHING ANIMEThursday, February 28Anime Club Flushing li -brary 4.CHESS CLUBThursdays Rochdale Vil-lage library 4:30.TEEN MOVIESFriday, March 1 Centrallibrary 3:30.WII GAME DAYFr iday , March 1Poppenhusen library 4.CHESS CLUBFr iday , March 1Woodside library 4.GAME DAYFr iday , March 1Woodhaven library 4:30.

QUEENS LIBRARIESMany branches o f theQueensborough Libraryof fe r todd ler and pre -schoo l p rog rams andmore . Contac t loca lbranches.LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, February 23starting at 10 Flushing li-brary.ANIMAL CARESaturday, February 23for those 8-12. $21. Ani-mal Care Trainee. AlleyPond Environmental Cen-ter. 229-4000 to register.PET SHOWSaturday, February 23for those 5-6. $21. AlleyPond Environmental Cen-ter. 229-4000 to register.CHESS CLUBSaturdays at the Flush-ing library at 2.MATH HELPSaturdays for grades 4-8 Flushing library at 10.SCIENCE LABSaturdays Cen t ra l l i -brary at 11.CHESS CLUBSaturdays F lushing l i -brary at 2.FAMILY STORYTIMEMonday , February 25preK-2 at the Auburndalelibrary at 4.ROBOTICSMonday , February 25Robotics for Families For-est Hills library. Register.KIDS JEWELRYMonday , February 25Far Rockaway library at4 .WORD OF WEEKMonday , February 25McGoldrick library 5.GAME NIGHTMonday , February 25Richmond Hill library 5.CRAFT KIDSMondays F lushing l i -brary at 3.BEGIN CHESSMondays a t 3 :30Windsor Park library.KNIT & CROCHETMondays Douglaston li-brary at 4.CHESS FOR ALLTuesday, Februar y 26Rosedale library at 4.BOOK BUDDIESTuesday, Februar y 26Windsor Pa rk l i b ra r y.Register .BOARD GAMETuesday, Februar y 26Far Rockaway library at4 .ORIGAMI FUNTuesday, Februar y 26McGoldrick library. Reg-ister.CHESS FOR ALLTuesday, Februar y 26Rosedale library 4.POETRYTuesday, Februar y 26Af r i can -Amer i can andJewish Poetry: From Im-ages of Despair to Images

o f Hope Langs tonHughes library 5:30.MATH GAMESTuesday, Februar y 26McGoldrick library 5.KNIT & CROCHETTuesdays at 5 RochdaleVillage library.ARTS & CRAFTSWednesday, February 27Auburndale library ages5-12 at 4.PRESCHOOL STORYWednesday, February 27Maspeth library 12:30.COLORING TIMEWednesday, February 27Far Rockaway library 4.BUGS AS PETSWednesday, February 27North Hills library 3.FAMILY STORYTIMEWednesday, February 27Astoria library 3:30.LANYARD MANIAWednesday, February 27Briarwood library 4.CHESSWednesdays a t 3 :30Queens Vi l lage l ibraryand 4:30 Poppenhusenlibrary.GAME DAYWednesdays HowardBeach library at 5.CRAFTERNOONSWednesdays a t theRidgewood library. Reg-ister.YOUNG LEADERSWednesdays and FridaysYoung Leaders Instituteo f Lau re l ton a t theLaurelton library at 3:30.READING COMPREHENThursday, February 28McGoldrick library at 5.MAKE A MAGNETThursday, February 28make your own magnetat the Far Rockaway li -brary at 4.BLACK HISTORYThursday, February 28Richmond Hill library at4. Black History activities.GAME ONThursdays at the Centrallibrary at 3:30.GAMESFriday, March 1 videoand board gamesRochdale Village library4:30.BOOK BUDDIESFr iday , March 1Douglaston library. Reg-ister . Also Fresh Mead-ows library 4.BOARD GAMESFr iday , March 1Windsor Park library 4.CHESS CLUBFr iday , March 1Woodside library 4.KIDS ACTIVITIESFr idays a t 3 :30Briarwood library.CRAFT TIMEFridays at 3 at the OzonePark library.GAME DAYFridays at 3:30 QueensVillage library.

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OUR TOWNMarch 1-9 “Our Town”at Queensborough Com-mun i t y Co l l ege . 631 -6311.MARISOLMay 3-11 “Marisol” is anapocalyptic urban fantasywhich urges societ y to‘wake up. ’ Queensbor-ough Communi t y Co l -lege. 631-6311.KILLING KOMPANYThe K i l l i ng Companyperforms mystery dinnershows. 1-888-SHOOT-EMfor information.

SOUTH ASIANAl te rna te Sa turdaysSe l fhe lp BR -PS Sen io rCenter in F lushing. In -d i an - st y l e ac t i v i t i e s ,lunch. 886-5777.ALZHEIMERSAdult Day Care Monday-Thursday 9-4 in Flushing.358-3541.AARP TAX HELPMondays, February 25,March 1 Pomonok l i -brary at 11:30.AARP 1405Mondays, February 25Flushing AARP Chapter1405 meets at the BowneSt ree t Commun i t yChurch , 143 -11Roosevelt Avenue at 1.Identity Fraud discussedDRIVING SAFETYMonday , February 25AARP defensive drivingcourse at the WindsorPark library. 468-8300 toregister .MEN’S CLUBMondays 10 -noonMen ’ s c l ub fo r t ho seover 65 at the CentralQueens Y in Forest Hills.423-0732.DUPLICATE BRIDGEMondays Lunch, lessonand congenial play. Prideof Judea. 423-6200.ATRIA FHTuesday, Februar y 26Mardi Gras mus ic ce l -ebration with a Louisianadinner starting at 3:15.RSVP. Atria Forest Hills,112-50 72nd Avenue. 261-5300.BASIC COMPUTERSTuesday, Februar y 26class for seniors at 10 atthe South Ozone Park li-brary.CAREGIVERSTuesdays Ca reg i ve r sSupport group at 3:30-4:30 Selfhelp ClearviewSenior Center , 208 -1126 th Avenue , Bays ide .631-1886.AARP TAX HELPWednesday, February 27Windsor Park library at 1.NUTRITION CLASSWednesdays th roughMarch 27 Nutrition andHealth classes for seniors2-4. 657-6500, ext. 1581.STARSWednesdays Senior The-atre Acting Repertory atthe Ho l l i s l i b ra ry a t11:15.BRIDGEWednesdays Re fo rmTemple of Forest Hi l ls .261-2900.TAX HELPFr iday , March 1Pomonok l i b ra ry a t11:30.STARSFridays Senior TheaterActing Repertory at theQueens Village library at11.

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OUR TOWNMarch 1-9 “Our Town”at Queensborough Com-mun i t y Co l l ege . 631 -6311.MARISOLMay 3-11 “Marisol” is anapocalyptic urban fantasywhich urges societ y to‘wake up. ’ Queensbor-ough Communi t y Co l -lege. 631-6311.KILLING KOMPANYThe K i l l i ng Companyperforms mystery dinnershows. 1-888-SHOOT-EMfor information.

STEINWAYMonday , February 25“At Home: A Short His-tory of Private Life” dis-cus sed a t 6 :30 a t theSteinway library.FRESH MEADOWSWednesday, February 27“ Wash ing ton Square”discussed at the FreshMeadows library at 2:30.EAST FLUSHINGThursday, February 28book club meets at 11 atthe East Flushing library.ST. ALBANSThursday, February 28“ The Twe lve Tr ibes o fHattie” discussed at 6:30at the St. Albans library.

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Bella Mia, a not yet 2-year-old Maltese, came away with the top award at the fifth annual New York Pet Fashion Show held in the Penn Top Ballroom at the Hotel Pennsylvania on Seventh Avenue in Man-hattan. Bella Mia won "NYPFS Best Dressed in Show 2013," wearing a beautiful green and purple "Roaring 20s" themed gown by Chattanooga, Tenn., doggie fashion cou-ture designer, Linda Hig-gins, who also was a big winner as she was awarded NYPFS Fashion Designer

Last week, the Queens Tribune and Press of Southeast Queens advertised for an open reporter position here.

Despite a stated preference for "local candidates" in the job ad, resumes quickly began to come in from all over the country, but two emails in particular caught the eye of our hiring manager.

Over the weekend, we received two resumes from reporters from MuscatDaily, a daily newspaper in the Sultan-tate of Oman's capital city.

We imagine the daily commute to Queens from the Southwest Asian nation may be a bit rough.

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When a defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tried to board a flight this week, it looked like all of his muscles were working fine af-ter a grueling football season. All of them, except for maybe his brain.

NFL lineman Da’Quan Bowers was stopped at La-Guardia Airport for attempting to bring a .40-caliber handgun onto the plane in his carry-on bag on Feb. 18. Needless to say, he was stopped by police and flagged for holding.

As a result, Bowers was charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, a felony that carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years, if convicted. Bowers said he had legally bought the weapon in Florida, but

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Designer labels, spa treat-ments and lavish clothing – and that was just for her dog. Earlier last week, reports surfaced that the former State Sen. Shirley Huntley, who pled guilty to embezzling close to $90,000, used tax payer money from a sham nonprofit to go on shopping sprees for her pet poodle. While on a shopping spree at the Tanger Outlets in Riverhead, the embattled legislator helped herself to taxpayer’s dollars, shower-ing herself and her dog with lavish presents.

conceded that he didn’t have a license to carry it in New York.

We think the problem was less about the fact that he didn’t have a New York gun permit and more about the fact that he tried to bring a gun onto an airplane. That sort of thing tends to annoy the TSA!

On Feb. 19, while most can-didates in the special election for Council District 31 held Election Night gatherings at their respective offices, with what could be considered low-key affairs, Donovan Rich-ards went a different way.

Richards, who at press time led the close contest by just 26 votes, held his party at Clippers II, a bar on Merrick Boulevard in Laurelton.

The profile photo on the bar's Facebook page (pictured at right) featured an adver-tisement for "Freaky Flirty Thursday," a weekly event at the establishment.

Perhaps it's for the best that elections are held on Tuesdays and not Thursdays. Otherwise, Southeast Queens may have had an entirely dif-ferent issue to talk about after the election.

Donovan Richards (left) and

Clippers II's Facebook

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of the Year 2013. Bella Mia, who was born

in South Korea, is a New Yorker now, living in Little Neck with her proud own-ers, Roseann and Walter Bolasny.

The posing puppy is in high demand for doggie couture fashion, but her greatest accomplishment is helping ill people in hospitals, as she is a licensed therapy and service dog. Bella Mia is a proud graduate of The Good Dog Foundation, class of 2012, and she promises to continue to help people across the world.

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A Queens man was busted last week for his alleged involvement in a Rhino smuggling ring. Qing Wang, a Queens resident, was among the three men arrested for their alleged involvement in the ring. According to a release from the U.S Department of Justice, Wang had a role in smuggling libation cups carved from rhinoceros horns from Hong Kong to New York. Wang would purchase the cups in the United States and send them to Zhifei Li, another person who was ar-

rested for being in the ring, in Hong Kong. According to the release, there is a tradition in China that drinking from a cup made out of the horns would bring good health and is highly coveted by people who collect the cups. The population of Rhinoc-eros has steadily decreased since the 1970s because of the demand and premium that are placed on its horn. The species is considered endangered and are protected under the U.S. and interna-tional law. Rhinos everywhere are safer now...

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SUMMONS NYCTL, 2011-A TRUST AND THE BANKOF NEW YORK MELLON,AS COLLATERAL AGENTAND CUSTODIAN FORNYCTL 2011-1 TRUST,Plaintiffs, -against- JOSEPHALESSANDRO; NEWYORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION ANDFINANCE; UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA;CITY OF NEW YORK EN-VIRONMENTAL CON-TROL BOARD; CITY OFNEW YORK PARKINGVIOLATIONS BUREAU;“JOHN DOE #1” through“JOHN DOE# 100”, thelast 100 names being ficti-tious and unknown to plain-tiffs, the persons or partiesintended being the own-ers, tenants, occupants,persons or corporations, ifany, having or claiming aninterest in or lien upon thepremises, described in thecomplaint, and if any of theaforesaid individual cap-tioned defendants, if any,be dead, their respectiveheirs-at-law, next of kin,executors, administrators,trustees, devisees, lega-tees, assignees, lienors,creditors, and successorsin interest, and generallyall persons having or claim-ing under, by, or throughany of the aforesaid indi-vidual captioned defen-dants, if any, if they bedead, whether by pur-chase, inheritance, lien orotherwise, including anyright, title or interest inand to the real propertydescribed in the complaintherein, all of who andwhose names and placesof residence are unknownto the plaintiffs, Defen-dants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS:YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED to answer thecomplaint in this action, toserve a copy of your an-swer, or, if the complaintis not served with the sum-mons, to serve notice ofappearance, on the plain-t i f f s ’ a t torney wi th intwenty (20) days after theservice of this summons,exclusive of the date ofservice (or within thirty(30) days after the serviceis complete if this summonsis not personally deliveredto you within the State ofNew York), and in case offailure to appear or answer,judgment will be takenagainst you by default forthe relief demanded in thecomplaint. Plaintiffs desig-nate Queens County as theplace of trial. The basis ofvenue is the location of thesubject property. NOTICEYOU ARE IN DANGER OFLOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving a copy of the an-

swer on the attorney forthe tax lien holder whofiled this foreclosure pro-ceeding against you andfiling the answer with thecourt, a default judgmentmay be entered and youcan lost your home. Speakto an attorney or go to thecourt where your case ispending for further infor-mation on how to answerthe summons and protectyour property. Sending apayment to the tax lienholder will not stop thisforeclosure action. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF(TAX LIEN HOLDER) ANDFILING THE ANSWERWITH THE COURT. Dated:July 25, 2012 LEVY & LEVYAttorneys for Plaintiffs 12Tulip Drive Great Neck,NY 11021 (516) 487-6655BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ.File No. 1633832 TO THEABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: The foregoingSummons is served uponyou by publication pursu-ant to an Order of the Hon.Robert J. McDonald a Jus-tice of the Supreme Court,Queens County dated Jan.8, 2013 and filed with thecomplaint and other pa-pers in the Queens CountyClerk’s Office, Jamaica,NY. The object of the ac-tion is to foreclose a taxlien and to recover theamount of the tax lien andall of the interest, penal-t ies, addit ions and ex-penses to real property k/a Block 3538, Lot 22. Dated:Jan. 25, 2013. LEVY & LEVY,Attys. For Pltf. #82279HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE New York StateLaw requires that we sendyou this notice about theforec losure process .Please read it carefully.Summons and ComplaintYou are in danger of losingyour home. If you fail torespond to the summonsand complaint in this fore-closure action, you maylose your home. Pleaseread the summons andcomplaint carefully. Youshould immediately con-tact an attorney or yourlocal legal aid office toobtain advice on how toprotect yourself. Sourcesof Information and Assis-tance The State encour-ages you to become in-formed about your optionsin foreclosure. In additionto seeking assistance froman attorney or legal aidoffice, there are govern-ment agencies, and non-profit organizations thatyou may contact for infor-mation about possible op-tions, including trying towork with your lender

during this process. Tolocate an entity near you,you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by theNew York State BankingDepartment at 1 -877-BANK-NYS or visit theDepartment’s website atwww.banking.state.ny.us.Foreclosure rescue scamsBe careful of people whoapproach you with offersto “save your home. Thereare individuals who watchfor notices of foreclosureactions in order to unfairlyprofit from a homeowner’sdistress. You should be ex-tremely careful about anysuch promises and any sug-gestions that you pay thema fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requiresanyone offering such ser-vices for profit to enterinto a contract which fullydescribes the services theywill perform and fees theywill charge, and which pro-hibits them from takingany money from you untilthey have completed allsuch promised services.___________________________________Notice of formation ofKOKUM LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with Sect’y of StateNY (SSNY) on 09/18/2012.Office in Queens County.SSNY designated agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process toThe LLC, 29-24 NewtownAvenue, Astor ia , NY11102. Purpose: SmallBusiness Consulting___________________________________Notice is hereby given thata license (serial #1268711)for wine and beer has beenapplied for by the under-signed to sell wine andbeer on-premises at a tav-ern under the AlcoholicBeverage Control Law at124-20 Liberty Ave., 2nd

Floor, S. Richmond Hill,NY. Hooka Paradise Res-taurant & Lounge Inc. dbaSammy’s Sports Bar.___________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITYCOMPANY. NAME: 185-31 MERRICK BOULEVARDLLC. Articles of Organiza-tion were filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 12/17/12.Office location: QueensCounty. SSNY has beendesignated as agent of theLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofprocess to the LLC, 139-21Spr ingf ie ld Boulevard,Springfield Gardens, NewYork 11413. Purpose: Forany lawful purpose.___________________________________ZAMBALA MANAGE-MENT LLC, a domesticLLC, Arts. of Org. filed withthe SSNY on 12/6/12. Of-f ice locat ion: Queens

County. SSNY is desig-nated as agent upon whomprocess against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail process to: The LLC,132-35 41st Rd., Apt. 6F,Flushing, NY 11355. Gen-eral Purposes.___________________________________FIRST N.E.S. REALTY, LLCApp. for Auth. filed NY Sec.of State (SSNY) 12/19/2012. LLC was organizedin DE on 4/19/2012.Of-fice in Queens Co. SSNYdesig. as agent of LLC uponwhom process may beserved. SSNY to mail copyof process to c/o ElizabethSadik, 103-19 68th Rd.,Forest Hills, NY 11375.Required office at 3500 S.Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE19901. Cert. of Org. filedwith SSDE, 401 Federal St.,Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: Any lawful purpose.___________________________________Notice of Formation ofM&M Tax Services LLC.Arts of Org. filed with NYSecy of State (SSNY) on 8/27/12. Office loc: Queens.SSNY is designated asagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved and shall mail pro-cess to 93 05 97 Ave,Ozone Park, NY, 11416.Purpose: any lawful activ-ity. ___________________________________57-38 VAN DOREN LLC, adomestic LLC, Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 12/4/12. Off ice locat ion:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against theLLC may be served. SSNYshall mail process to: TheLLC, 59-05 55 th Dr . ,Maspeth, NY 11378. Gen-eral Purposes.___________________________________Notice of formation ofVolonakis, Bedevian &Loucas, LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 12/24/2012. Off ice loc:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated for ser-vice of process. SSNY shallmail copy of any processserved against the LLC to:5-44 47th Ave, 3rd Flr, LIC,NY 11101. Purpose: anylawful purpose.___________________________________ALPHA ARSENAL LLC, aforeign LLC, filed with theSSNY on 12/10/12. Officelocation: Queens County. SSNY is designated asagent upon whom processagainst the LLC may beserved. SSNY shall mailprocess to: The LLC, 104-20 Queens Blvd., Ste. 1B,Forest Hills, NY 11375.General Purposes.___________________________________HASNY LLC, a domesticLLC, Arts. of Org. filed withthe SSNY on 12/11/12.Office location: QueensCounty. SSNY is desig-

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nated as agent upon whomprocess against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail process to: The LLC,69 Horatio St., Apt. 2F,NY, NY 10014. GeneralPurposes.___________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITYCOMPANY. NAME: 156-18 LLC. Articles of Organi-zation were filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 12/28/12.The latest date of dissolu-tion is 12/31/2018. Officelocation: Queens County.SSNY has been designatedas agent of the LLC uponwhom process against itmay be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of process tothe LLC, 156-18 CrossbayBoulevard, Howard Beach,New York 11414. Pur-pose: For any lawful pur-pose. ___________________________________Notice of Formation of lim-i ted l iab i l i ty company(LLC) . Name: 24-27Steinway Street LLC. Ar-ticles of Organization filedwith Secretary of State ofNew York (SSNY) on 11/27/2012. Office location:Queens County. SSNYdesignated as agent of LLCupon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to:THE LLC, 24-27 SteinwayStreet, Astoria, NY 11103.Purpose: any lawful pur-pose.___________________________________SOLE DI CAPRI LLC, adomestic LLC, Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 8/24/12. Office location:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against theLLC may be served. SSNYshal l mai l process to:Amparo Proano, 108-7551 st Ave., Queens, NY11368. General Purposes.___________________________________Notice of formation ofOrr & Orr ContractingLLC, Arts. of Org. filedwith SSNY on 11/23/12.Of f i ce loc : QueensCounty. SSNY has beendesignated for service ofprocess. SSNY shall mailcopy o f any p rocessserved against the LLCto: PO Box 6224, LongIsland City, NY 11106.Purpose: Any lawful pur-pose.___________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITYCOMPANY. NAME: DMGEXPRESS LLC. Articles ofOrganization were filedwith the Secretary of Stateof New York (SSNY) on 01/23/13. Office location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agentof the LLC upon whomprocess against it may be

served. SSNY shall mail acopy of process to the LLC,24-25 21st Street, Astoria,New York 11102. Pur-pose: For any lawful pur-pose.___________________________________WERBA REALTY LLC, adomestic LLC, Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 12/21/12. Office location:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against theLLC may be served. SSNYshall mail process to: TheLLC, 66-45 Fresh Pond Rd.,Ridgewood, NY 11385.General Purposes.___________________________________HH & FF, LLC, a domesticLimited Liability Company(LLC), filed with the Sec ofState of NY on 01/03/2013. NY Office location:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against theLLC may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of anyprocess against the LLCserved upon him/her toTHE LLC 86-33 62nd AV-ENUE, REGO PARK NY11374. General Purposes.___________________________________Notice of Formation of SzulManagement, LLC. Arts ofOrg. filed with NY Secy ofState (SSNY) on 1/7/13.Office loc: Queens. SSNYis designated as agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be servedand shall mail process to43-28 42 ND St ,#2R,Sunnyside, NY 11104. Pur-pose: any lawful activity. ___________________________________4 J’s Associates, LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with Secy. ofState of NY (SSNY) on 8/5/08. Off ice in QueensCounty. SSNY designatedagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mailprocess to c/o Corpora-tion Service Company, 80State St . , A lbany, NY12207-2543. Purpose:General.___________________________________JOTRUX GROUP, LLC Ar-ticles of Org. filed NY Sec.of State (SSNY) 11/7/12.Off ice in Queens Co.SSNY design. Agent of LLCupon whom process maybe served. SSNY shall mailcopy of process to The LLC164-01 Jamaica Ave Ja-maica, NY 11432.___________________________________HLI Logistics, LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with Secy. ofState of NY (SSNY) on 6/24/11. Office in QueensCounty. SSNY designatedagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mailprocess to c/o Corpora-tion Service Company, 80Sta te S t . , A lbany , NY12207. Purpose: Gen-eral.

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