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Co-op City Times / January 18, 2014
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Perfect Attendance for 2013
Open Mic, Feb. 7
The next Riverbay Fund’s Open Mic will be held on Friday, February 7, 7-9 p.m., in the Dreiser Auditorium B. Everyone who signs up will get 5 minutes to perform. ANYTHING is welcome, except for heckling and profanity. You can sign up by calling 718320-3300, Ext. 3532 or by showing up ½ hour before the program starts (6:30 p.m.). Come on out and perform or just watch the show!
Bereavement Support Group in session
Church of the Savior’s Bereavement Support Group has resumed meetings. The weekly support group is for Co-op City residents coping with the loss of a loved one or close friend. Residents who believe they can use the support of others during their difficult period of mourning are asked to call Rev. Dr. Robert Smith at 1-917-504-4058.
Next CB#10 Meeting
On Thursday, February 20, Community Board #10 will hold its monthly meeting at Greek Church, 3573 Bruckner Blvd., South, Bronx, N.Y. 10461. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. For further information, please call contact Community Board 10 at (718) 892-1161.
JASA offers free SNAP application help
JASA’s Co-op City Senior Services is sponsoring free SNAP (Food Stamp) Application Assistance by the Council of Senior Centers and Services (CSCS) on Friday, January 24, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., at 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10475. CSCS’s highly trained SNAP Outreach Specialists will help you with your SNAP applications. Additional dates are: Fri., Feb. 14 & Feb. 28, and Fri., Mar. 14 & Mar. 28. For further information, and to find out what documents you will need to bring, please contact JASA at (718) 320-2066.
Co-op City’s Maintenance, Janitorial, and Grounds workers who worked throughout the entire year 2013 were honored for their dedication to the job and the community at a luncheon held Thursday in the Dreiser auditorium. Riverbay Board President Bill Gordon, General Manager Vernon Cooper and Human Resources Director Ron Caesar each personally thanked the workers for their relentless effort. Caesar made note of the mind set among the workers which makes service to the shareholders the number one priority of the job. During the ceremonies, a letter was read to the workers from a Building 9 resident commending their building’s maintenance worker, Anthony Vicente, for consistently going beyond his job description in providing exemplary service to the building’s residents over the years. The 99 workers honored for perfect attendance and dedication to the job in 2013 were: Jose Manuel Alvarez; Natividad B. Melendez Arriola; Anton Barlovich; Angel G. Bravo; David Brown; Stephen Brugman; Jeffrey J. Camacho; Placido Saez Camacho; Bovell G. Campbell; Jerome Dexter Christopher; Michael St. Anthony Cowans; Dzevat Dervisevic; Luis A. Duquela; Anton Dusaj; Sintu Edu Baffoe; Ramon D. Escano Rojas; Pedro Medina Fernandez; Ryan Francis; Njac Gjoni; Maximo Gomez; Orlando L. Gonzalez; Santo Gonzalez; Shaun Gopaul; Paul S. Grant; Joseph Grant; Erosmos Guerrero; Angel Harry; Wilson Hatfield; Albert Haxhari; Reshat Haxhiu; Elroy Claude Henry; Jose Hernandez; Franc Hota; Paul Augustas Hunter; Fabian Jakaj; Calbert James; Nelson Rafael Jorge Callado; Cordice Elias Joseph; Sina Kim; Lush Kocaj; Koija Kocovic; Filip Kocovic; Naim Kurtovic; Genaro Lambert; Dede Lasku; Ancell E. Leslie; Djordje Ljutovic; Edwin Lugo; Jorge Madera; Tameshwarnauth Mangroo; Petar Markolovic; Nikoll Marku; Hector Manuel Martinez; Hector O. Melendez; Benjamin Mercado; Francisco Mesa; Tomor Mrizaj; Vin Mullings; Nike Ndoci; Modesto Rafael Ortega; Steven Pachlin; Pablo Palacios; Toma Paljevic; Allan Fitzgerald Parchment; Leonardo Pena; Deivi Perez; Benjamin J. Pinckney; Pashko Pllumaj; Rrok Pllumbaj; Abel Poll; Peter Popovic; Louis E. Prato; Viktor Prelaj; Bautista Quinones; Eduardo Ramirez; Romulo Ovado Ramirez; Jose R. Reyes Matos; Juan Ramon Francisco Reynoso; Ricardo Ransford Riley; Otoniel Roman Rios; Alvin L. Rivera; Franklyn Roosvelt Robinson; Juan Rodriguez; Jason Rodriguez; Mark Shapiro; Josip Stepancic; Gani Stojku; Antonio Suazo; Belarmino Tavarez; Antonio V. Tirado; Ricardo Torres Colon; Wing Kwong Tse; Justo J. Valdes; Ruben Vargas; Marcelino A. Vargas; Carlos M. Ventura; Andrew L. Vest; Gene Wooden and Trevor Adolphus Worghs. Photos by Bill Stuttig
Special recognition… Employee Services Manager Rosalind Pierce (C) and Human Resources Director Ron Caesar (R) present special recognition to Building 9’s maintenance worker Anthony Vicente (L) for years of dedicated service to the building, which, according to building residents, regularly goes way beyond his primary assigned duties. A letter about Mr. Vicente, from a Building 9 leader, stated: “He is always full of ideas and suggestions to our various committee workers and offering maintenance tips during his apartment visits. It’s apparent that Anthony Vicente is well liked and highly regarded in Building 9. He indeed makes a difference in the quality of life of those in Building 9 and reflects what’s good in Co-op City.”