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Bigger fines asked for illegal signs Councilman Weprin wants higher city penalties to deter the blight

by Liz Rhoades

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ueens civic leaders are hailing Councilman Mark Weprin’s proposed legislation that would triple fines for illegally posted signs on public property.

The Oakland Gardens Democrat announced last week that he will introduce legislation to deter the proliferation of signs on utility poles, trees and street lights. He particularly pointed to the recent increase of such signage along Hillside Avenue in Bellerose.

“They have become unsightly, a hazard to motorists and are illegal,” Weprin said, adding that the fines “would exemplify the seriousness of the effort to discourage criminals and make enforcement a priority of the Department of Sanitation.”

Fines are now $75 for each violation.

Although the DOS issues the summonses, the outcome of each case is decided by the city’s Environmental Control Board.

“Unfortunately, the illegal posters feel it’s worth the risk of a fine,” Weprin said, adding they believe it’s the cost of doing business, but tripling the fines might make them think twice.

Jerry Wind, president of the Bellerose Hillside Civic Association, said the growing number of signs is a distraction to drivers and “illegal signs are an unsightly blemish on our neighborhoods.”

Bob Holden, president of the Juniper Valley Civic Association in Middle Village, believes Weprin’s plan has merit, but that the penalties should be quadrupled. “And the fines should double with each offense,” Holden said. “The businesses know they are not supposed to be doing it, but the city hasn’t addressed it at all. Then you get two, three or four signs on each pole. It’s an eyesore.”

Peter Brancazio heads the Northeast Flushing Civic Association and said illegal signs have been posted in front of his house: “It’s outrageous, and now they are gluing them, which makes them hard to remove.”

Don Capalbi, president of the Queensboro Hill Neighborhood Association, said the signs deface public property and likened them to “posterboard graffiti.”

Michael Augugliaro, a member of the Queens Colony Civic Association in Bellerose, noted that many posters are cementing the signs and damaging public property. “Not only should violators be fined for posting the signs, but a fine should be issued for vandalism,” he said.

Like Holden, Tyler Cassell, president of the North Flushing Civic Association, believes stiffer legislation is needed to curtail the continued use of utility poles, trees, and other places for advertising. “Our neighborhoods are cluttered with signs for cash for

An illegal sign hangs from a telephone pole in PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE Jamaica. cars, call this number to make money working from home, etc. etc.,” Cassell said. “I am continually taking them down.”

He thinks signs for lost animals and garage sales should be exempt as long as they are removed in a timely fashion.

“Garage sale signs should be taken down right after the end of the sale,” Cassell said.

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“The responsiblity should lie with those having the sales. Lost animal signs should be allowed to remain for a reasonable period of time, maybe 60 days.”

Fred Kress of Rosedale is coordinator of Citizens Against Graffiti Everywhere and called the illegal signs “just another form of graffiti that is bringing down the quality of life in our communities.”

Rick Duskiewicz, past president of the Creedmoor Civic Association in Bellerose, has been leading the fight against the illegal signs for years. “These businesses are not getting hit enough with fines,” Duskiewicz said. “It’s time-consuming for people to call 311 to complain and we never know if the businesses get hit with fines.”

He said the DOS has been good about sending out inspectors after receiving complaints, but that the outcome is never known.

“The offenders are getting very brazen,” Duskiewicz added. “They are now gluing the signs and putting them up very high, which makes them hard to remove.”

Weprin hopes Mayor Bloomberg supports his measure as another way of greening the city.

Duskiewicz thinks he knows why the mayor hasn’t done anything about the issue before. “I’m sure there are no illegal signs in Bloomberg’s neighborhood,” he said, “but Q there are plenty in Queens.”

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Howard Beach honors the country’s bravest South Queens community gathers for annual Memorial Day parade

by Andrew Benjamin Chronicle Contributor

Hundreds of people from throughout South Queens, and beyond, endured the hot and sunny weather on Monday to pay their respects to the military men and women who have given their lives for their country, as well as those who are still serving, at the annual Memorial Day parade in Howard Beach.

Like many of those at the event, Sara Diaz, of Ozone Park, has been attending the Howard Beach Memorial Day parade since she was a little girl. She now brings her 9year-old son and her daughters who are 6 and 8. Her husband has served five tours of duty, two in Iraq and three in Afghanistan.

“I’m very honored to have him as my husband,” Diaz said.

The marchers started at the Korean, Vietnam and World War II memorial at Coleman Square. The square is named after Howard Beach resident and World War I sailor Bernard Coleman, who was killed in service.

Walking through the residential streets, the marchers, composed of families, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and elected officials — including state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton and Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens, Brooklyn) — first stopped briefly at the Walter Wetzel Triangle, located at 159th Avenue and

106th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Ken Zorn places a wreath at Coleman Square in Howard PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN Beach during the annual Memorial Day parade on Monday.

Cohancy Street in Howard Beach. The triangle is named in honor of a Howard Beach resident killed in action in Pleiku, Vietnam on May 29, 1966, when he was a 21-year-old serving in the U.S. Army.

Participants then proceeded to Assembly of

God Church, where Patrick Connolly Sr., a member of the U.S. Air Force who flew 33 missions over Germany in World War II, read the names of area servicemen who have been killed in action or listed as missing in action.

He paid tribute to a friend, Jack Fitzgibbons,

who was killed in combat in Manila while fighting Japanese forces.

“Jack always treated me like his younger brother,” he said.

The marchers continued to St. Barnabas Church, where the pastor, Rev. William Baum, pointed out how the number of people who come out increases every year.

“The parade is growing bigger and bigger each year, and that is what I’m most proud of,” he said. “Every year more and more people come to this event, so it’s a great tribute to the folks who organize it. I’m grateful for all of their good work.”

When the parade goers returned to Coleman Square, residents placed poppies on the monument in honor of their family, and fellow Americans, who died in the line of duty.

This year’s grand marshal, Patrick Connolly Jr., who served in the Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971, said he was “honored” and “privileged” to be picked as this year’s parade leader for the first time.

“You know you’re being honored when members of your community and your post selected me among all the deserving people,” he said.

He addressed the crowd in a tearful speech.

“Today we have paid tribute to these 41 young men from this small community, who gave up all their tomorrows so we could have today,” Connolly Jr. said “These people are Q more than names etched on a wall.”

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Pols: Save Engine 294 and save lives Lawmakers slam mayor’s proposal to close 20 fire companies citywide

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

“If you take one engine away from this community, you have to rely on someone coming from farther away, and then you create gaps in the grid throughout the City of New York,” Cassidy said. “If they close 20 fire companies, no one will be safe in the City of New York.”

Cassidy went on to call Engine 294 “vital” to the protection of property, commerce and the lives of both young and old. He called on the taxpayers of the community to stand up for the services they are entitled to.

The 20 companies that had been slated for closure last year, including Engine 294, were saved in the final budget, as they were in previous years. It costs $3 million annually to keep a fire company open, according to Jim Long, a spokesman for the FDNY. Lawmakers at the rally — Crowley, Assemblymen Mike Miller (DWoodhaven) and Rory Lancman (DFresh Meadows), along with state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) — said they are prepared to

Youngsters from PS 273 in Richmond Hill wave signs protesting the proposed PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA closure of Engine 294, also in Richmond Hill. fight the mayor to keep the locations open once again.

Addabbo used an old adage to make his point — don’t play with fire. He called it “wrong” for the community to have to fight every year to keep firehouses open, but he said at least it gives residents a

chance to come out and thank the firefighters personally for their hard work.

“It’s a budget game,” Addabbo said. “You would think in the billions of dollars that make up the city budget that they could find some money Q to save firehouses.”

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“Save the firehouse, and you save me, in an emergency,” chanted a group of youngsters from PS 273 at a rally to prevent the closure of Engine 294 in Richmond Hill on Tuesday.

They were joined by several area lawmakers and firefighter officials who claimed that the move would endanger lives.

The mayor has proposed closing 20 fire companies citywide as part of his executive budget. In the early 1990s, the city temporarily closed Engine 294, and two area residents died in fires, a loss of life that could have been prevented, said City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village), if the company had remained open.

“Whether it’s rapidly responding to fires, or medical emergencies, or even terror attacks, our Fire Department is working harder than ever before,” Crowley said, adding, “There are too many lives in this community that depend on 294.”

Crowley said the city has spent millions to overhaul the 911 call system, which still isn’t working properly, when the money could have been used to save firehouses. The 911 improvements included a new $680 million call center that combined the dispatch duties of police, fire and medical personnel. But a report by an independent consulting firm released earlier this month found that there were still delays and errors.

“Does it really make sense to have such a fancy system that is not nearly as efficient as it needs to be when there may be no firefighters in firehouses to respond in times of emergency?” Crowley asked. “It doesn’t make sense at all.”

Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, said if the city closes Engine 294, then Ladder 143, located in the same firehouse, would be operating alone and it would take longer to get to fires because putting out a blaze requires at least two engines and one ladder company.

Salvatore Polizzi remembered The community will remember Salvatore Polizzi, 13, of Howard Beach, at a wake on Thursday, May 31, and at a funeral on Friday, June 1.

Salvatore, a student beloved by his peers at Howard Beach’s PS 207, died in a biking accident in Pennsylvania on Sunday.

The wake will be held from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Romanelli Funeral Home at 89-01 Rockaway Blvd. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Church, located at 100-05 159 Ave. in Howard Beach.

The Queens Chronicle family would like to extend its condolences to Salvatore’s family and friends, including his father, Salvatore, and Q his mother, Lisa.

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Forest Park carousel spins again Crowds flock to the Woodhaven merry-go-round

by Attiyya Anthony Chronicle Contributor

The reopening of the Forest Park carousel last Thursday was a joyous moment for people of all ages, who flocked from throughout the borough to take a spin on the merrygo-round that has been a mainstay in Woodhaven for decades.

The 109-year-old carousel, which was brought to Forest Park in the 1970s to replace another one that had burned down, was shuttered in 2008. After a series of petitions and campaigning from block associations, civic groups, residents and elected officials, the carousel’s doors have once again been flung open.

“We have to give credit to people of the community,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said at last Thursday’s event celebrating the re-opening.

“When people of the community cry out with one voice and the government listens, it’s a great snapshot of how government should work.”

Those who attended the opening said the carousel has a special and universal appeal, as it succeeds in

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connecting generations that have gone for countless spins on the merry-go-round as children — and, often, as adults as well.

Addabbo said he used to go to the carousel as a child with his father. Now, he plans to bring his two daughters, Arianna and Alexis, to share the same memories.

Pam Steffens, 69, a Woodhaven resident, came to the re-opening event with her husband, and said it was a very emotional day for them as they reminisced about how they used to bring their son there decades ago.

“It’s long been referred to as the ‘jewel of Woodhaven,’” she said.

“This is a part of our history and it’s a proud day for us Woodhavenites.”

Steffens was excited to see the children of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran School take the first ride on the newly opened carousel.

“It’s wonderful to see the smiles on the children’s faces,” she said.

“In today’s computer world, little things like this matter.”

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Reform, don’t drop, stop and frisk f all the changes the city has undergone in the last generation, the most important must be the reduction in crime.

In 1990, when the crack epidemic drove crime to its peak, the city recorded 2,262 homicides. Last year it saw 515.

That’s a decline of more than 75 percent. There is no other category of social ill in which a 75 percent improvement has been recorded in a generation. And there is no more important duty for a municipality than protecting its citizens from violent crime.

Credit for the improvement belongs to many people, first and foremost of course the members of the New York Police Department, who put their lives on the line every day to prevent crime and put all they can into catching the perpetrators when major crimes do occur. Also especially deserving of credit are former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., former Mayors Dinkins and Giuliani, Mayor Bloomberg and every police commissioner to have served under them.

That includes the current commissioner, Ray Kelly, who has done more with less, as NYPD manpower has fallen from its peak of 41,000 to less than 35,000 officers and its duties have widened.

One policy of Kelly’s that has drawn withering criticism is stop and frisk, the practice of officers questioning people they deem suspicious and checking them for weapons, drugs or other illegal

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possessions when they believe it’s warranted. Many say the policy unfairly targets members of certain ethnic communities and that the benefits are not worth the cost to civil rights. Last week The New York World, the online news outlet produced at the Columbia School of Journalism, some of whose stories run in Queens in the Chronicle, reported stop-and-frisk figures block-by-block citywide. The second highest number of stops, 1,546, took place on a block in Jamaica. Police only seized two guns in all those cases.

It’s numbers like those that make the policy so vulnerable to criticism. But no one can say how many guns never left the house due to criminals’ fear of being stopped. Now Kelly is making some reforms designed to protect the innocent while not throwing out the whole package, such as reiterating that racial profiling is forbidden, having executive officers at each precinct review each stop and retraining officers on how to make a proper stop.

We agree that’s the way to go, rather than ending the practice, as Bloomberg and Kelly rightly refuse to do. Crime prevention is one area where the city can’t afford any backsliding. It’s easy to say the NYPD should drop the policy from the safety of, say, a City Council seat, but it’s another thing when you’re walking alone at night and the guy across the street decides not to rob you because he left his gun at home. Fear of being caught is a great deterrent.

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Subsidize wind power Dear Editor: Clean, renewable energy like wind power is an important part of our state — creating pollutionfree energy and jobs for New Yorkers. However, a critical tax credit for wind power will expire at the end of this year, putting our environment and clean energy economy at risk.

Thankfully, President Obama has called on Congress to extend this tax credit this summer in order to build a cleaner, healthier future for Americans and grow local economies across the country. On Thursday, May 24, the president is visiting a wind turbine blade factory in Newton, Iowa that employs more than 700 workers, thanks in large part to this tax credit. If the credit is not extended, job-creating clean energy businesses like this one will be less common. Congress, led by our U.S. Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand, should move quickly to extend the production tax credit and check this legislative priority off of President Obama’s to-do list for the sake of our environment, our health, and our economy.

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Avenue, which is supposed to be locked from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., have a gaping hole from where people have pulled the wire back for the last month? This is an easy egress for crooks.

I do not see any cameras near that spot. Surely the casino can afford to monitor and fix the gate.

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A carousel of complaints Dear Editor: What a farce.

My wife and I went up to Forest Park on Sunday, May 27, to see the newly opened carousel, only to find a few problems with it.

First, there are no signs for it on any of the roads leading to Forest Park, except for a tiny sign on Woodhaven Boulevard as you turn off it.

Any one driving past cannot see this sign and would not know that the carousel is located there.

My wife asked the fellow at the ticket booth why there was not a larger sign at the boulevard, and he stated that they did not have a permit for such a sign! Why not?

Fight illegal signs f all the complaints one hears from civic organizations, one of the most frequent is about illegal signs posted on utility poles, streetlights and the like. Apparently the fines for putting them up are not high enough; the perpetrators treat those as the cost of doing business.

Now Councilman Mark Weprin of Oakland Gardens has proposed a bill that would triple the penalties, from $75 to $225. Civic leaders across the borough are hailing the measure as a needed improvement, though some would make the fines even higher.

It’s hard to see a reason any member of the Council wouldn’t want to cosponsor the bill and get it passed immediately.

How much impact it would have is impossible to say, but it just might be a deterrent, and it certainly can’t hurt.

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Second, we were standing with a group of people waiting to purchase tickets for the ride. The fellow at the booth said that the ride was not running right now and he did not know how soon it would be. I guess the other fellow there, who was sweeping the carousel floor with a broom and doing it very slowly, was the cause.

Third, the concession stand was not open and we were informed that it would not be open until July.

There must have been 40 or 50 men, women and children, watching a clown show next to the concession stand, who probably would have bought something to eat or drink there. I know that the wife and I had hoped to buy a frank or two and something to drink while we were there.

Fourth, there are no benches and tables to sit at while at the carousel. Do they expect people to stand there while they eat and drink (when the stand opens) and watch the ride? In the past, we use to go there and hang out with our friends and enjoy the afternoon or evening while partaking of the food and drinks at the concession stand.

The big question is why, after all the publicity and hoopla about the opening of the carousel,

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Reform hurricane insurance Dear Editor: June 1 is the beginning of the 2012 hurricane season.

According to the National Hurricane Center, damages from Hurricane Irene alone totaled $18.7 billion last year. When a hurricane does hit New York State, many homeowners will be surprised to find out that, while their home may have incurred similar damage to the one next door, the deductible for the storm damage with their homeowner’s insurance is hundreds or even thousands of dollars more than that of their neighbors.

Fortunately, the state Assembly has passed a bill, A.3282, to standardize the conditions that trigger hurricane deductibles — but the companion Senate bill, S.3387, awaits action.

Nobody likes to learn their deductible is larger than the other guy’s, or that their policy doesn’t cover the same damage after a storm. The last thing our state’s homeowners need is an unexpected disappointment after a hurricane.

As the hurricane season begins, I urge your readers to call their state senators and ask them to mark the occasion by passing S.3387.

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Those Tea Partiers are now taking control of the Republican Party and forcing small government, headed by GOP governors, to enact strict anti-civil rights laws by the hundreds. Three important areas they are doing this in are women’s health rights, voters’ rights and gay marriage rights. For brevity, I will focus only on the gay marriage issue.

When Thomas Jefferson wrote our Declaration of Independence, he included, a most profound statement: “All men are created equal ... with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Before the start of school, sports and community events, Americans rise to say the Pledge of Allegiance, ending with “liberty and justice for all.” It appears to me that many violate the spirit of that pledge.

It took our nation 100 years to grant citizenship to African Americans and native Americans, and more than that to grant voting rights to women. The time has come for gay Americans to secure their unalienable rights.

The public is turning in favor of gay marriage. Our president stands on the right side of history by picking up the rainbow flag. Obama will carry it on every battlefield until Election Day. As under Lyndon Johnson before him, “We shall overcome.”

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Dear Editor: I was appalled to learn that New York State has contributed more than $6 million to two gun manufacturers — Remington Arms and Kimber Manufacturing. That means taxpayers like me are giving blood money to merchants of death. This is no different from supporting makers of nerve gas or improvised explosive devices.

The Empire State Development Corporation should be ashamed not only for wasting our money, but also for keeping it secret for so long.

If it wasn’t for New Yorkers Against Gun Violence using the Freedom of Information Law, we would never have learned about it. Both companies are a cop killer’s best friend, because they oppose micro-stamping, which helps police track down illegal weapons and the felons who use them. Both firms threaten to leave New York if micro-stamping becomes law. Good riddance.

They profit from the pain, suffering and death of thousands of gun violence victims each year. I also suspect the deadly hand of the National Rifle Association in this hidden funding.

Mayor Bloomberg is the only political leader willing to confront the NRA (which I call Not

Responsible to Anyone). It’s time for Gov. Cuomo, President Obama and Congress to stand their ground against the gun lobby. The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact. Law enforcement and military personnel are the only people who should be allowed to own guns.

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from all of the local politicians, who like to see their names and faces in the local papers, do these problems exist?

Where was the oversight from the local community boards? The answer will probably come back that it is the concessionaire’s problem and responsibility. I do not think so!

This is surely not a good start for the carousel. How does the city expect to bring people to the park and the ride, if they do not know where it is and there is nothing there for them when they get there?

I hope to see some improvement soon.

Tom Biglin Woodhaven

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A deep fissure in the Queens Republican party will play out in public, and would appear to make a GOP primary inevitable in the 15th Senate District.

City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced his intention to take on incumbent Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach) three weeks ago.

But Ulrich is part of an insurgent faction that opposes the leadership of party Chairman Philip Ragusa, and on Thursday, the party leadership gave its endorsement to Forest Hills attorney Juan Reyes.

Primaries for state legislative offices are on Sept. 13, meaning the party infighting likely is destined to drag on throughout the entire summer.

“I am honored to have the Queens GOP’s endorsement as I campaign to bring out district’s vital message to Albany,” Reyes said in a statement issued by the party on Thursday. “That message is one of less spending, lower taxes, less burdensome regulations and more

accountability, more transparency, and more freedom that leads to greater growth and economic strength.”

Reyes is married with three children and is a Queens native. After attending Emory University and Quinnipiac School of Law, he worked for former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kansas) and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

He also formerly served as a counsel and deputy counsel in the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

He now works for the Manhattan law firm Reed Smith, where he works in the firm’s business and finance division as well its real estate division. He specializes in planning and zoning matters.

Ragusa said the party was “pleased to officially endorse Juan Reyes” in the press release.

Ulrich, who is the New York City Chairman for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, has been on the council since winning Addabbo’s old seat in a special election in 2009. He could not be reached Q for comment.

The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation will host its 33rd annual spring dinner dance this Friday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m., at which it will celebrate contributions made by area business and civic leaders.

“Each year, we want to honor our small business people and store owners who contribute so much to the community, who are the backbone of the community,” said Maria Thomson, executive director of the GWDC. “We’re thrilled to honor them; they don’t get the recognition that they deserve.”

Named the “Everlasting Spring” dinner dance, the event will be held at the Cordon Bleu Caterers at 96-01 Jamaica Ave. The evening will include live music and a buffet.

This year, Robert Castelli, a Woodhaven podiatrist, is being named Man of the Year, and Debra Hoffer, director of field operations at the Catholic Charities Senior Citizen Center, will be honored as Woman of the Year. Michael Brennan, of Mike’s Pub, will be honored as the Business Owner of the Year, and Jaime Illescas, owner of the

new Tropical Restaurant, will be named the Businessman of the Year. A special recognition award will be given to St. Luke's Nursery School.

The recipients said they are thrilled to be recognized by the organization.

“I was very excited,” Castelli said. “I’ve been in the neighborhood for years, and this is recognition from people who live around here and are actually my patients.”

Thomson lauded each of the recipients, saying they have done much to further Woodhaven’s growth.

“You don’t always think about it, but someone like Dr. Castelli is really making an investment in the community, like each of the people we’re honoring,” Thomson said. “Deb Hoffer is so instrumental in taking care of the our seniors, and Mike Brennan — what a great guy. He has a real neighborhood bar.”

Thomson said Tropical Restaurant’s food is “fantastic” and praised Illescas for renovating the building. Tickets are $65 each.

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U.S. Marines march in the annual Howard Beach parade last weekend. Monday’s event drew PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI hundreds of people from throughout Queens, and beyond.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., left, U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, Grand Marshal Patrick Connolly, and Councilman Eric Ulrich spend time together at the end of the parade.

Jocelyn Diaz, 8, and her sister Alyssa, 6, wait for their father, Marine Sgt. Walberth Diaz, to return home after doing two tours in Iraq and three tours in Afghanistan.

Stephanie Galati watched the parade with her 11-month-old daughter, Cecilia.

World War II veteran Thomas Slattery, 87, rode in the parade.

Grand Marshal Patrick Connolly, right, and Joe Wagner, both Vietnam veterans, at the parade.

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Woodhaven’s Post 118 honors Memorial Day Vets, residents remember those who gave their lives serving their country

by Stephen Geffon

The cadets of Franklin K. Lane High School’s Air Force Junior ROTC participated More than 100 members of Woodhaven in the service and set up a “Garden of Post 118 of the American Legion gathered Remembrance,” containing nearly 700 under sunny skies to honor their fallen com- miniature crosses and Stars of David, each rades during the group’s annual Memorial adorned with an American flag and a red Day ceremony at their headquarters in Wood- poppy flower to represent a post member haven on Monday. Community residents also who died in service.

The Garden of Remembrance is a replica attended the ceremony. of a military cemetery.

The program began with a prayer by Post Chaplain and Vietnam War veteran Al Scott, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the national anthem.

John Lawless, commander of the post, noted that three new markers have been added to the garden this year.

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Wreaths were laid at the foot of the monument on the post’s front lawn by Loretta Phillips, president of the group’s Ladies Auxiliary and members of the Junior Auxiliary.

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The Richmond Hill South Civic Association welcomed new group members at its meeting last Thursday. Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) dismissed the previous members of the executive board, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) swore in the new ones.

Margaret Finnerty was named president for the 19th year, and Terri Saporita and Phyllis Saraceno both became vice president. Lee Condra was named f inancial secretary, Angela Morgan will act as the recording secretary, and Terri Haflich will serve as treasurer. Rose Guida and Rosemary Ferrara will be the appointed chairpersons, Ellen Carruba and Maureen Faubion are in charge of hospitality, and Elke Henkell is in charge of publicity.

During the meeting, the group also honored Mike Matarazzo, owner of Liberty One Hour Photo, as the civic organization’s “Outstanding Merchant of 2012.” He has owned One Hour Photo for more than 20 years and has had his hand in many community endeavors,

including frequent donations to many churches. He has supported the Richmond Hill United Methodist Church, where the civic association meeting was held, Holy Child Jesus Church and St. Mary Gate of Heaven. He also donates to the New York Families for Autistic Children, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and a variety of little league baseball teams.

Matarazzo was unable to attend the event because he was in the hospital. Ulrich, Addabbo and Civic President Margaret Finnerty said they were sad that Matarazzo could not be in attendance.

“Mike is a terrific guy, “ Ulrich said. “He’s involved in a lot of great things in the community, and he does a lot for the church. I’m really sad that he can’t be here today to accept his awards,” Councilman Eric Ulrich said.

“Mike is truly deserving,” of the recognition, Addabbo said.

The group decided that Finnerty would bring Matarazzo his awards in the hospital, and they would have a ceremony for him once he was feeling better.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich, second to left, presents Richmond Hill South Civic Association President Margaret Finnerty, left, with a proclamation for her organization from the City Council. Ulrich dismissed the group’s executive board members PHOTOS BY ATTIYYA ANTHONY at their meeting last week, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., far right, installed the new ones. meeting were problems with the overcrowding of the Q37 bus on the way to the Aqueduct Casino.

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ingly endless paperwork and web sites that might not be available. It’s a system set up to keep those who need to use it out. This job fair is a first step in what I see as a necessary on-the-ground effort to employ our veterans. The event is free and will be attended by employers in finance, healthcare, retail, sales, social services, transportation and logistics, trades, information technology and more.

Additionally, a major hindrance plaguing veterans’ attempts at employment is a lack of accessible and affordable training. On Nov. 21, 2011, President Obama signed into law the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a Federal piece of legislation that, through several sub-initiatives, aims to help veterans back to work. Among its goals, the new law works to address the need for help for veterans in transferring over their experience from their service to job opportunities here in New York. I’m hopeful that this program will be helpful, but we must do more locally. Training opportunities will be available at my veteran’s job fair, as well.

Every year I sponsor a veterans BBQ and there I get the opportunity to speak with our service men and women. Almost every story and emotion given there has the same thread: struggle. In these tough economic times, everyone is feeling pinched, but with more and more men and women coming home and adding to our veteran population, we must make their employment and ability to provide for their families a little easier to obtain. After all, they are the ones who have fought to protect all of the rights and freeQ doms we enjoy here every day.

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We began honoring the brave men and women who put life and limb on the line for their brothers and sisters across the country and the state 140 years ago. Their’s is the most valiant of sacrifices.

Our veterans should be the object of our admiration for their dedication and determination. Then why is it that New York remains in the top 10 states for veterans’ unemployment rates? At 15.2 percent in 2011, veterans are unemployed at a rate almost double that of the already high statewide unemployment level, especially among post-9/11 veterans under age 25.

We, as elected officials, as voices in the community, as friends, family and neighbors, as citizens … we, as a community, must do better for our veterans.

There are some resources out there and I’m proud to say that as the Ranking Member of the Senate’s Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee, I have been a part of the advocacy for and passage of some crucial legislation aiding veterans. Only a year ago, we passed a package of bills in honor of Memorial Day last year that, among other things, would ensure military-family privacies, the entitlement of additional benefits, an expansion of recreational activities with fewer restrictions, and support in custodial matters. To honor Memorial Day this year, I was honored to vote for legislation to honor the sacrifices of New York’s servicemen and women who have lost their lives fighting to protect our country. I have sponsored bills that give tax credits to businesses that hire veterans.

However, only part of public service happens in the Capitol; now I want to bring this effort home. On Friday, June 8, I’m hosting, along with Assemblyman Mike Miller, a Veterans and Spouses Job Fair. A lot of governmental initiatives begin and end in seem-

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All boys who are entering f irst through fifth grades are welcome to attend with their parents.

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Community members complained about the lack of trash cans, which they said leads Many issues were addressed at last to trash buildup on residential properties.

Wednesday’s Woodhaven Block Association Additionally, numerous residents said they meeting, including the reopening of the For- are fed up with the amount of extraneous est Park carousel, area sanitation issues on fliers posted on their doors.

Iggy Teranova, of the Department of SaniJamaica and Atlantic Avenues, and the installation of speed humps on a few Woodhaven tation, was at the meeting, and fielded residents’ concerns. streets.

Teranova explained The f irst order of that he would do his business was discusbest to bring more sion concerned the t’s phenomenal to be trash cans to the area, reopening of the Forest as well as help to Park carousel, which part of bringing this reduce illegal dumping many Woodhaven resion Jamaica Avenue by dents fought to reopen. historic carousel back implementing underThe carousel’s vendor, to the community.” cover stings. He also NY Carousel Entertaintold residents about the ment, sent Ara Chek— Ara Chekmayan, Department of Sanitamayan, a representaNY Carousel Entertainment tion’s “Illegal Dumptive, to the meeting. ing Aff idavit ProChekmayan, who grew up in Woodhaven, said he was very excited gram,” which gives residents incentive to report illegal dumping. The program states to be a part of the project.

“It’s phenomenal to be a part of bringing that if there is a conviction of an illegal this historic carousel back to the communi- dumping, the person who reported it is eligible to receive half of the f ines, up to ty,” he said.

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Learning to read and speak English is essential to acclimating to life in this country, according to elected officials and immigrant advocates who protested against proposed cuts that would eliminate such free language programming as well as legal services, at a press conference Tuesday at the South Queens Boys & Girls Club in Richmond Hill.

The club holds such classes for the growing immigrant community in the area.

In his executive budget, the mayor has proposed eliminating funding to the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative and adult literacy

Programs slated to be axed in budget programming, which would affect about 75 different organizations citywide. Since it was launched in 2001, the IOI has been threatened each fiscal year by budget cuts.

“It’s critical especially for a community like ours, which is 68 percent immigrants,” said Alex Flores, a spokesman for City Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights).

“The money allocated for these services is just a drop in the bucket compared to the mayor’s entire executive budget.”

Last year, the City Council was able to

replace $4 million of the $4.5 million originally allotted for the program. And lawmakers like Councilmembers Dromm, Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) are hoping to do that again.

“We need to ensure that they are given the opportunities and the resources necessary to become fully integrated in our society and to pursue the American dream,” Dromm, who is chairman of the council’s Committee on Immigration, said in a prepared statement.

“IOI and adult literacy funding have to be

top priorities and current levels of funding must be preserved.”

Wills said it is “imperative” that the IOI initiative continue and that access to English as a Second Language programs become more easily accessible, especially in New York City, which he said, is home to a large, vibrant and growing immigrant community.

“When immigrants learn the English language, they become more active members of their communities,” said KC Williams, director of adult education at Queens Community House. “They become more involved in their children’s education. They get better jobs, Q and contribute more to the tax base.”

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On Memorial Day, while addressing a crowd at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, President Obama criticized the way returning servicemembers from that conflict were treated calling it a “national shame” and vowing not to send troops into harm’s way unless absolutely necessary.

For Vietnam vets in Queens, the memories of combat remain as vivid as ever, even now, nearly 50 years after the war began.

“They would call us baby killers and drug addicts,” recalled Stephen Smith, a resident of Rockaway Beach, who served in the Army from 1967 to Vietnam veterans, clockwise from right, Stephen Smith, 1969. “We were just there to do a job. Pat Toro Jr. and Steve Epps now spend much of their FILE PHOTOS We didn’t start the war. We didn’t get time helping fellow servicemembers. the respect that people coming home Narrowsburg, NY, said he doesn’t regret today receive.”

At the age of 23, Smith was drafted and enlisting in the service or the time he spent in soon found himself in boot camp at Fort the war, and he praised Obama for thanking Jackson, in North Carolina, where it became Vietnam vets for their service during his clear that things were about to change in his Memorial Day speech.

“It wasn’t pleasant,” Toro said of his time life. For eight weeks he lived in a tent town in Vietnam. “And that was compounded by on the base with his fellow soldiers.

“They stripped you naked, shaved your the way we were received when we came head and gave you a uniform,” Smith said. home.”

Toro takes comfort in helping other vet“They made us all look the same. They took erans and said it has helped put an end to away our civilian identity.”

While in the thick of the Vietnam War, the nightmares he suffered in the years after Smith feared for his life nearly every single the war. He is the former president of Chapday. Although he returned from battle without ter 32 of the Vietnam Veterans of American injury, for which he considers himself very based in Glendale, and now sits on the organization’s board of directors. lucky, he was forever changed.

When Al Cavallo, of Glendale, a former “It makes you grow up,” Smith said. “My mom would say ‘You’re not the same as you Marine, returned from Vietnam in 1965, he were when you left.’ It hardens you. You learn suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and had terrible nightmares, reliving his to survive with a lot less.”

Some 58,000 Americans died in the Viet- time in the war. He doesn’t like to talk nam War, compared to 4,000 who were killed about his military service with anyone in Iraq and nearly 2,000 who have lost their except a few close friends and relatives.

“There are a lot of things that the public lives so far in Afghanistan.

In 2007, Smith, who wanted to give back is better off not knowing,” said Cavallo, to his fellow servicemen and women, found- who served from 1961 to 1965. “We did of ed Vets Helping Vets Inc., a nonprofit organi- job. A lot of us got killed. It was a dirty zation based in South Ozone Park, aimed at place.”

Vietnam was a dangerous place, but informing veterans of their rights and helping them navigate through the often complicated Steve Epps of St. Albans made it out in one process of acquiring medical compensation piece. He served in the Air Force from 1962 to 1971, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. for their battle-related injuries.

For former Marine Pat Toro Jr., the time he Epps now helps other vets as the community spent in the service during the Vietnam War service officer at the Proctor-Hopson VFW from 1969 to 1970 is too painful to talk Post in Jamaica.

He said he is not surprised that many serabout, even decades later. He said he still can’t watch any type of war movie and suffers vicemembers don’t like talking about their experiences in Vietnam, having himself seen from “survivor’s guilt.”

“I don’t want to talk about Vietnam,” he fellow soldiers blown to pieces by enemy said. “I don’t want to remember. I don’t want fire.

“It brings horrific scenes to mind,” he said. to try to think about the frame of mind I was “There were periods of boredom combined in back then.”

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scheduled helicopter landing did not take place due to poor weather, but students at Forest Hills High School got to spend a few hours with members of the Marine Corps last Friday as part of the service’s Fleet Week celebration.

Marines chatted with students, posed for pictures and gave out T-shirts, water bottles and other promotional items as students and faculty got a small glimpse of the background and training regimen required to join Q the Few and the Proud.

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Forest Park Carousel reopens

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hildren, and those young at heart, were happy to spend much of Memorial Day weekend at the newly opened Forest Park carousel.

The ride, which opened to the public last week after being shuttered in 2008, includes two handcarved chariots, a lion, a tiger, a deer and 49 horses, done by master wood-carver Daniel Carl Muller.

Everyone from small babies to residents who have lived in Woodhaven for many decades — and can recall taking a spin on a merry-go-round in Forest Park years ago — came out to the site over the weekend. NY Carousel Entertainment, which operates the ride, brought a clown to entertain children after they tired of taking spins on the historic merry-go-round.

Many of those who went to see the carousel last weekend said they were thrilled to see the Q community mainstay open once again.

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A sign on Woodhaven Boulevard ushers the public to the newly opened ride.

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Giacomo Colombo, 9 months, takes a ride with a helping hand.

Tyler Hawkins, 15, and James Maxham, 18, friends Jason Guzman is a ticket-taker at the newly for five years, were excited to go on the carousel. opened Forest Park carousel.

Edmond Blake took a ride on the carousel Jeffery Keiser, 6, gives Muggsy the Clown a high-five on Memorial Day. with his dog, Bunny.

Bellamarisa Childs, 3, left, and her brother Drahveid, 4, watch Muggsy the Clown perform in one of two shows on Memorial Day at the carousel.

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 selling services. offer on her ring from another area shop, but Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who be viewed as poor business acumen, she told has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg her new prospective buyer what her previous said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

People have this conception of gold buying Elias opened his Rego Park shop with stores as these slimy places with slimy Goldberg less than a year ago, and already people, and they’re typically right. But we they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in doing something right — the pawn business their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” typically deals in one-time transactions but Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to “Everyone around here is buying gold these 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday days; you can go into the barber shop down private appoinments are available. Call for the road and sell your jewelry. The problem Q more information (718) 830-0030. with all these places is they treat everything

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continued from page 14 He is a military police officer currently wounded airmen and transporting them to assigned to the 800th Military Police Brigade in Farmingdale, LI. the hospital ship for treatment.

Valentin participated in Operation Scott also served with the Fire DepartDesert Storm in 1991 and in Kosovo, ment at Chu Lai Air Base in Vietnam.

In late 1970, he returned to the United Yugoslavia in 2001.

His reserve unit was reactivated after States as a drill sergeant in Fort Dix, New Sept. 11, 2001 and assigned to Fort Totten Jersey.

When his three-year enlistment ended, in Bayside to perform Homeland Security Scott re-enlisted and went on his third tour operations.

He was deployed in January 2003 with to Vietnam from October 1971 to July 1972, assigned to the 240th Assault Heli- his military police unit to Iraq, where he copter Company at Da Nang Air Force spent 15 months. Valentin returned home in Base, which was responsible for transport- April 2004.

He joined the American Legion 11 years ing troops and supplies.

He was wounded on this tour of duty ago on his return from Kosovo and has and was taken to the Army hospital in been the vice commander of the post for Guam and subsequently to Walter Reed the last four years.

Valentin believes Army Hospital in that Memorial Day Washington, D.C. should be a somber Scott was honday of rememorably discharged ur departed comrades brance. in August 1973 “This is my day from Fort Hamilexemplify the highest of reflection,” he ton in Brooklyn virtues of citizenship said. and is enjoying his “We must keep retirement in and love of country.” the legacy of Woodhaven. remembrance for Scott said that — John Lawless, post commander those family memas the post’s chabers, for the chilpalin, he was concerned that fewer and fewer people were dren,” he continued.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard attending the Memorial Day events from prior years. “There should be more people Beach) — who serves as the ranking Democratic member of the state Senate paying their respects,” he said.

Among those paying homage to the Standing Committee on Veterans, Homefallen heroes was member Al Matukonis, land Security and Military Affairs — said 94, who served as a paratrooper during in a statement, “Memorial Day offers a World War II and liberated Los Banos time for all of us to pay tribute to the veterprison camp in the Philippines. Matukonis ans, both in battles past and in more recent received the Bronze Star from the Army. conflicts, who have made the ultimate sacHe said his unit, the 11th Airborne Divi- rifice on our behalf. Without their courage, sion, served as General Douglas their valor, and their complete willingness MacArthur’s bodyguards and had trained to put their love of country over and above their own safety, we would not be enjoying to invade Japan.

“It’s a wonderful thing to honor these the precious freedoms we are enjoying veterans,” Matukonis said of Memorial today as New Yorkers and as Americans.”

Memorial Day, originally called DecoDay. Army Reserve Sgt. Major David ration Day, was first observed in the Civil Valentin is the post’s vice commander and War era and officially recognized by New York State as a holiday in 1873. It was has served in the Army for over 32 years.

Valentin was a member of the Naval declared a national holiday by Congress in Cadets when he was in high school and 1971 and is observed on the last Monday Q in May. joined the Army when he was 21.

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owner at the time admitted that in the 1980s he buried the remaining gravestones to hide them.

The latest owner wants to build two houses While historic preservationists, Fresh Meadows community groups and neighbors on the site and asked the LPC to decide all want the Colonial-era Brinckerhoff Ceme- whether to “decalendar” the cemetery, which tery landmarked, it’s descendants of the family has been on its agenda for 12 years, until a buried there who feel the most special connec- decision is reached on landmarking. A similar hearing in 2000 resulted in the commission not tion to the site.

In separate interviews with the Queens voting and leaving the site in limbo.

Manger said he is proud that his family Chronicle, two of those relatives, William Manger Jr. and Matthew Brinckerhoff, last “has contributed to making Queens as great as it is today.” The week voiced their supBrinckerhoffs were port for landmarking prosperous Dutch and detailed what they don’t want my ancestors farmers, who had want to see done at the large land holdings in location. plowed over.” the borough.

Manger, 47, is a Manger has not banker who lives in — Matthew Brinckerhoff visited the site yet but Manhattan. He testihopes to soon, along f ied in favor of the proposal at a hearing of the city’s Landmarks with his parents and three siblings, whom he Preservation Commission. “I was impressed at is getting involved in saving it.

“Ultimately, I would like it landmarked and so many people who turned out for the hearrestored, the area cleaned up and fenced,” ing,” Manger said. “It was heartwarming.”

Located on 182nd Street, near 73rd Avenue Manger said. “There should be a sign.”

After getting into the landmarking battle, he in Fresh Meadows, the 45-by-120-foot site is now overgrown with ivy and has no visible learned of his distant cousin, Matthew Brinckgravestones. The family cemetery dates back erhoff, a Manhattan lawyer who lives in Brooklyn. The two have since spoken and plan to 1730 with the last interment in 1872.

The burial ground had been sold illegally to meet soon.

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Citi Field hosts Banner Day for fans

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eviving a tradition that ended 16 years ago, the Mets held Banner Day for fans on Sunday at Citi Field.

More than 300 banners were paraded around the track prior to the game. Many were created out of bedsheets and showed a wide range of creativity.

The winners were Olivia Nuzzo and her cousin, Stephanie Giangrande of Brooklyn. Their poignant theme showed Mike Piazza hitting a two-run home run on Sept. 21, 2001, the first game played at Shea Stadium after 9/11. It was titled, “The homerun that helped heal NY.” Q Banner Day began in 1963 and ended in 1996.

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The winning banner by Olivia Nuzzo, left, and Stephanie Giangrande.

A creative use of space shows off the Mets fans behind this banner.

Charlie Argento and Lewis Gurgis remember “The Kid,” Gary PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI Carter, who died earlier this year.

A patchwork of Mets history and memorabilia.

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Our hometown heroes for 50 years

by Joseph Levy Chronicle Contributor

1983 Record: 68-94, sixth in National League East.

Despite another last place finish, the stage is now set for the success of the ball club that would follow. With the Mets 16-30, George Bamberger resigns and is replaced by Frank Howard.

Tom Seaver (9-14, 3.57 ERA) is reacquired from Cincinnati while Mike Torrez (10-17) is acquired from Boston. Seaver, who goes to the White Sox after the end of the season, finishes his Met career at 198-124 and 2,537 strikeouts.

Rookie Walt Terrell (8-8, 3.57 ERA) shows promise, while Jesse Orosco, (13-7, 17 saves, 1.47 ERA) emerges as one of the elite relievers in the game.

Darryl Strawberry is called up in May and, after a slow start, hits 26 home runs and drives in 74 runs to win Rookie of the Year. In the greatest deal in Mets history, Gold Glove first baseman Keith Hernandez is acquired from St. Louis on June 15, and immediately steadies both the defense and the offense. Mookie Wilson again shines with 91 runs and 54 stolen bases; George Foster rebounds from lackluster

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1982 season to hit 28 home runs and drive in 90 runs. Rusty Staub gets 24 pinch hits, while Danny Heep hits four pinch hit home runs.

1984 Record: 90-72, second in National League East.

Under new manager Davey Johnson, Mets make a complete turnaround. Dwight Gooden goes 17-9 with a 2.60 ERA and 276 strikeouts in just 218 innings to win Rookie of the Year;

he is ably backed up by Ron Darling (12-9), Walt Terrell, (11-12) and Sid Fernandez (6-6) as the Mets boast the best young staff in the game. Orosco is again the big reliever with 31 saves.

On offense, Hernandez drives in 94 runs and bats .311; Strawberry hits 26 home runs and drives in 97. Hubie Brooks enjoys a 24-game hitting streak. The Mets are in first place for most of July but fall out of first in August and settle for second place. Following the end of the season, they make one of their boldest deals

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1985 Record: 98-64, second in National League East.

The Mets’ rise continues, as they are in the divisional race until the final week of the season before finishing second to St. Louis. Gooden enjoys one of the finest seasons any pitcher has ever had, going 24-4 with a 1.53 ERA, eight shutouts, and 268 strikeouts to win the Cy Young Award. Ron Darling goes 16-6, while Orosco and rookie Roger McDowell man the bullpen.

Carter breaks in with a bang, hitting a walk off home run to win the opener over St. Louis 6-5; he winds up with 32 home runs and 100 RBI’S, which includes three home runs in a game in San Diego on Sept. 3. Hernandez has another fine year, batting .309 and driving in 91; Strawberry, despite missing seven weeks with a broken thumb, hits 29 home runs and drives in 79 runs. Strawberry also hits 3 home runs in a game on Aug. 5. Memorable games include a rain-soaked, 16-inning, 16-13 win in Atlanta on July 4 that does not end until 3:55 a.m., and an 11-inning, 1-0 win in St. Louis on Oct. 1 to keep the Mets pennant hopes alive.

Attendance climbs to 2,761,601.

Next week, of course, “it gets through Buckner,” and the Mets win their second World Q Championship.

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It’s the Big Eighties. Ronald Reagan’s in the White House, fans are flocking to see the third Star Wars movie, “Return of the Jedi,” Cabbage Patch dolls are flying off the store shelves — and the Mets are building what will become their best team since the Miracle squad of 1969.

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The FBI has launched a probe into the Queens Republican Party, the outside consultants its members hire and their relationship to the city Board of Elections, the New York Post reported on Sunday.

The Post said it was told by sources that the investigation is looking into whether Republican appointees to the board furthered their careers as consultants in an unethical manner through their official positions.

One BOE employee who was recommended by the Republican Party, Stephen Graves, was suspended from his official position in April for allegedly trying to get money out of a company seeking a contract.

The party has been divided for years, with an insurgent group, led in part by City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) trying to take control from Chairman Phil Ragusa and his allies. Ulrich charges that the party establishment misuses its power in ways similar to what the Post said the FBI is examining.

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Koo seeking letter grades for subways Wants marks posted, as in restaurants

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operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is a state City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flush- agency.

“What we’re looking for is some sort of ing) is pushing the state to require a posted cleanliness grade for the city’s subway sta- joint resolution from the council to the state authorizing the MTA to design tions, ones much like those now and implement the criteria for used in city restaurants. such a system,” he said.

Koo first proposed the idea McClelland said that last week, and his spokesman, enforcement under any new James McClelland, said Koo system might well have to be was expecting to meet with carried out by the MTA itself, Council Transportation Combeing the only state-authorized mittee Chairman Jimmy Vacca authority for the subways.

(D-Bronx) by today, May 31.

A statement issued by the “The idea is still in its early MTA said the proposal is pointstages,” McClelland said.

Peter Koo less.

In this case, the major difFILE PHOTO “The MTA already publishference between grading es an array of statistics on station cleanlirestaurants and subways is one of jurisdiction. Restaurants and other food service ness that are updated and posted each establishments in the five boroughs come month on our website,” the statement said. under the direct authority of the Depart- “We leave it to our customers to determine for themselves the cleanliness of a ment of Health.

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More gridlock across NYC Alternate side parking regulations are in effect all month long in June.

Queensites, heads up and sneakers on!

Howard Beach’s 5K Walk-A-Thon will close down these streets 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 2: • 101st Street between 159th and 160th streets; • 160th Avenue between 101st and 100th streets; • 100th Street between 160th and 157th avenues; • 157th Avenue between 100th and 82nd streets; • 82nd Street between 157th and 158th avenues; • 84th Street between 158th and 157th streets; and • 157th Avenue between 84th and 101st streets.

Get ready for the subway series at Citi Field! The Mets will play the Yankees at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 23 and 1 p.m. Sunday, June 24. Then the Mets face the Phillies at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, the Cardinals at 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, 4 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 3 and 1 p.m. Monday, June 4. They battle the Reds at 7 p.m. Friday, June 15 and the Orioles at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19.

Attention drivers - both the northbound and southbound bridges (over the Amtrak/CSX Railroad) on the Bruckner Expressway are closed 10 p.m. Friday, June 1 to 10 a.m. Sunday, June 3.

The Cycling Tour De Brooklyn, running from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3, starts and ends in Commodore Barry Park. There are no official street closures, but traffic will definitely slow as police usher the riders

through the areas of Fort Greene, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Midwood, Kensington and Prospect Heights.

Jackson Heights’ Pride Parade closes down 37th Avenue between 74th and 85th Streets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Summer Walk in Kew Gardens closes Main St. between 71st Rd. and 72nd Avenue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

New York can’t seem to get enough of presidential gridlock! Obama is swooping into town Monday, June 4; he’ll likely fly into JFK at 11 a.m., take his chopper to the Wall Street helipad and by noon, his motorcade will head to the FDR Drive and makes its way north. On 23rd Street, he will cross east to Park Avenue, where he’ll attend the first fundraiser of the day, at The Waldorf Astoria at 301 Park Ave., and 51st Street and Park Avenue between 52nd and 49th streets will be closed. Around 2 p.m., he’ll head back to the FDR Drive toward the Upper East Side, en route to his next stop, home of hedge funder Mark Lasry. Around 5 p.m., he’ll take surface streets to his last and biggest fundraiser at the New Amsterdam Theatre, on W. 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. That event will be hosted by Bill Clinton, who is due to make an appearance at 7 p.m. Obama’s motorcade will likely use the FDR again to make its way back to the Wall Street helipad at 9 p.m.

On Thursday, June 14, the POTUS returns to New York to attend a fundraiser at Sarah Jessica Parker’s townhouse in the West Village.

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Food drive underway by Maspeth church The Queens Hunger Project is in response to the growing problem of hunger in Queens.

The Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church has adopted two places that provide food for the hungry.

The first is the United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway, a soup kitchen and food panty. They provide between 100 and 120 nutritious meals daily Monday through Friday and food packages Tuesday and Thursday depending on how much food they have on hand. Missions Chairperson Hellen Block and other church members volunteer there every week.

The second place is the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave. which gives out an average of 450 to 500 food packages a month, feeding over 1,500 people.

The congregation makes regular food donations to each place but help is needed from the public.

Items needed are canned, boxed and packaged food, but nothing that is perishable or needs to be refrigerated. They can be dropped off at the Chronicle office at 62-33 Q Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Illegal workers warned of fraud NICE launches educational graphic novel about immigration swindles

by Josey Bartlett Associate Editor

Pamphlets may be informational, but might not have the pizzaz to get the intended audience to stop and read.

New Immigrant Community Empowerment, a Jackson Heights-based organization dedicated to immig rant workers’ rights, launched an educational graphic novel on Thursday night at the Queens Museum of the Arts in an attempt to grab the readers’ attention.

About 60 people filled the museum for the Spanish-conducted presentation about the graphic novel, “José Busca Legalizarse” (José Seeks Legal Status), which teaches illegal immigrants how to watch out for fraud when seeking legal working status.

The graphic novel was based on the true stories of several undocumented workers who worked with NICE .

“It was very difficult to hear the stories of people losing all of their savings to fraud in an effort to bring their families here,” Astoria artist Alfredo Lopez said.

In the graphic novel, José illegally crossed the Mexican-U.S. border in 2006 for work.

Now he wants to obtain working papers in the hopes of bringing his family to the United States legally. He meets with a lawyer who says because of law 245i, which states that ille-

“José Busca Legalizarse” is an educational graphic novel about how to protect oneself against NOVEL ILLUSTRATED BY ALFREDO LOPEZ immigration fraud. gal workers who crossed the border after 2001 are ineligible for visas, he can’t obtain papers.

The lawyer advises José to save receipts and pay stubs showing he has lived here since 2006, in case immigration policy changes and allows workers, without a criminal record, who crossed into the United Sates later than 2001 to gain legal status.

Later in the story, the protagonist talks to his friend Luis, who directs him to another

lawyer who promises, and promised Luis, working papers if José pays $7,000 in cash.

The graphic novel at the end tells readers that the government fees for immigration forms are far less than the amount this lawyer is asking for. The novel also advises readers to never pay in cash, but instead write a check or money order to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The graphic novel also tells undocument-

ed workers seeking legal status to create a written, legal contract with any lawyer they are dealing with. Also, unlike Mexico, notaries in the United States are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice.

“Know your rights so you can stop being victims of fraud,” NICE board member Gonzalo Casals said.

José pays the money and receives a work permit. However, as the first lawyer said, the protagonist is not eligible for a visa because he crossed the border illegally after 2001.

Immigrants can get work permits, without being allowed to live in the country. Therefore, the work permit essentially alerts the federal authorities that José is living illegally in the country and therefore he could be entered into the deportation process, according to graphic novel. In the meantime Luis is deported because of the same fraud.

José tries to reach the lawyer who took his $7,000, but his number is disconnected and his office is up for rent.

The graphic novel is part of NICE’s Consumer Justice campaign, funded publically and privately. The Coro Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, One NYC One Nation, and the New York Community Trust helped pay for printing, and the Queens MuseQ um of Art supported the artist.

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Activist actor in Albany Actor Mark Ruffalo, left, recently met with state Senators Tony Avella (D-Bayside), center, and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) at the State Capitol to discuss hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The practice involves forcing water and chemicals into the ground under high pressure in order to free natural gas that is trapped in

shale deposits in upstate New York regions.

Ruffalo, most recently seen as the Hulk in the movie “The Avengers,” is an outspoken anti-fracking activist, and both Avella and Addabbo are vocal opponents of permitting the practice in New York State, out of fears for the environment and the city’s water supply.

City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) is recovering at home after undergoing successful removal of a benign brain tumor on May 23 at the NYU Medical Center in Manhattan.

His spokesman, Steven Stites, said Tuesday that Halloran “is remarkably ahead of schedule in his recovery,” having been discharged on Saturday, five days early.

Stites added that aside from a scar behind his right ear, Halloran is in fantastic shape. “He’s been moving around easily and acting like the same old Dan,” the spokesman said.

The councilman, who is running Councilman Dan Halloran shortly after his surgery to for the newly created 6th Congres- remove a benign brain tumor last week in Manhattan. sional Distrist seat, hopes to be back PHOTO BY CHRISSY VOSKERICHIAN on the job and the campaign trail in one to two weeks. leave of absence from the City Council.

Halloran found out in March that he had His chief of staff, Chrissy Voskerichian, developed the tumor, following testing that saw Halloran shortly after the surgery. he offered at his office through the Brain “There was no hearing loss or loss of moveQ Tumor Foundation. He has taken a temporary ment to his face,” she said.

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Saying that she is the best choice for the job, retiring Congressman Gary Ackerman (DQueens, Nassau) endorsed Flushing Assemblywoman Grace Meng for the newly created 6th Congressional District seat on Tuesday outside the Pomonok Senior Center.

Although the new district only covers 37 percent of AckermanÕs domain, his support is seen as important. Since Meng has the backing of the Queens Democratic Party, virtually every other Congressman Gary Ackerman endorsed Grace Meng for the elected Democratic official has new 6th Congressional District seat on Monday outside the PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN Pomonok Senior Center. already endorsed her.

“When the baton is passed in Ackerman said Meng’s qualif ications, November, I hope it’s Grace Meng,” the congressman said, noting that the two of them abilities and temperament “are head and shoulders over the other candidates.” He share similar, though different, backgrounds.

Ackerman, 69, who announced his retire- called her “a workhorse,” who has the ability ment in March, said both he and Meng had par- to get things done.

“We need champions in Washington,” ents who came from another country and worked hard to make sure their children had a Ackerman added. “She’s a quiet champion.”

Bessie Zillas of Auburndale, a senior citibetter education.

He noted that Meng had selected zen, came out to support Meng at the Pomonok for the announcement because announcement. “We need someone strong Ackerman grew up in the city housing pro- like that,” Zillas said Following the press conference, Ackerject. “My parents held my bar mitzvah celeman denied to a City & State reporter that bration right here in this building,” he said.

He pointed to Meng’s “style, maturity, and his support was based on his part ownerlevel-headedness,” adding that the other ship of the Queens Tribune, which is affiliDemocratic contenders are “all good people, ated with Multi-Media, a political consulting f irm working for Meng. He said he but we have a choice,” Ackerman said.

Others running for the seat are Assembly- owns a minority interest in the business man Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), City and that it has nothing to do with his Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle endorsement.

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Says council work and personal background suit her for Congress

by Michael Gannon Editor

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) sees her run for Congress as a natural extension of her work on the City Council.

“You can accomplish the same things on a larger scale,” she said in a recent interview with the Chronicle’s editorial board.

“You deal with education, Social Security, jobs, infrastructure.”

The two-term councilwoman is seeking the Democratic nomination for the new 6th Congressional District. She is vying with Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Dr. Robert Mittman, a physician from Bayside, for the district partially carved out of that now held by the retiring Gary Ackerman. The primary is on June 26.

Crowley says her own life experiences have shaped her candidacy. She opposes recent Republican efforts to change the structure of Social Security, recalling how her own mother relied on it with 15 children and having lost her husband when the future councilwoman was 7.

“And as a mother with two sons in high school, I’m worried about how to pay for college,” she said.

Given her choice of committee assignments, Crowley does not hesitate for an instant.

“Transportation and Homeland Security,” she said emphatically.

On transportation, she said she is tired of projects such as the Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project and the 7 subway line extension, “projects that pass through here that we don’t benefit from.”

Crowley said the 7 could be extended in other directions, such as to connect LaGuardia Airport and the future development at Willets Point to Manhattan.

She said Homeland Security, too, would be an expansion of

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her work as chairwoman of the council’s Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, particularly in dealing with terrorism.

“New York is still a large target,” she said, adding that she would have opposed a vote in Congress two weeks ago that, while not naming the NYPD, could have defunded it of tens of millions of dollars in terrorism and intelligence support had the bill passed.

In addressing the nation’s $16 trillion deficit, Crowley could not identify any non-military programs that she would eliminate from the budget.

“I would cut parts of programs,” she said. “I’m sure there is

waste and fraud.”

And she said the country could pay for a number of the things she would like to see by pulling out of Afghanistan at a faster pace than even President Obama has deemed responsible.

“You’re spending $500 billion over there training police officers and building schools,” she said. “New York City has 7,000 fewer police officers than when Mayor Bloomberg took office. We need to be spending that money here.”

She did not directly acknowledge that saving the money by pulling out Afghanistan, where the Taliban allowed al-Qaeda to hatch its 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, could once again leave a dangerous vacuum where terrorists could plot more attacks on the United States.“I don’t know where it ends over there,” she said.

When asked repeatedly she did say there were circumstances under which the United States would be justified in a direct military attack on Iran’s nuclear arms program.

On the economic crisis in Europe, the councilwoman said Germany, as the strongest economic power on the continent, must shoulder an even larger burden than it does now to prop up countries such as Greece and France.

While demographics in the Unites States have changed dramatically since Social Security’s inception in 1935, Crowley said that there is no need to restructure the program, even with President Obama’s own experts saying the fund is unsustainable at its current ratio of workers to benefit recipients.

“I think when more people get back to work and begin paying into the system again that will fix itself,” she said.

Crowley said jobs and education in New York could largely be tied together if the funding and political will are available in Washington to make the city a center of high tech education, Q training and development.

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Having a ball at the Jamaica Ball It was a night filled with dancing, food and fun at the first ever Jamaica Ball — the “party with a purpose” — held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on May 19.

The event provided the opportunity for 15 area nonprofits to come together and raise some cash, all while having a good time and connecting with the community.

Tickets were $50 each, and participating groups were able

to keep $45 of every one they sold. About 150 people were in attendance, but Greg Mays, the executive director of A Better Jamaica, who organized the event, anticipates it will grow to 500 in five years.

“I could not have hoped for a better start to what will hopefully become an annual tradition,” said Mays, top right, with Herlema Owens, president of the Association of Women Construction Workers of

America. “This year, we were forced to limit ticket sales to 20 for any particular organization. As we are able to raise additional sponsorship support, we’ll increase the ticket selling limit from 20 to 100 or more.”

Among those in attendance at the event was Bryan Block, near right, chairman of Community Board 13, who was not shy about showing off his moves on the dance floor.

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continued from page 29 recently, said his 12-year-old daughter, Anik, is very interested in genealogy and got him involved. “She found a book about all the Brinckerhoffs and we figured out the relationships,” he said. “I assumed the odds were I was directly related.”

As it tur ns out, Brinckerhoff ’s g randmother, six times removed, named Aeltie, was the f irst to be buried at the site. Hers was the only gravestone written in Dutch.

A 1919 city survey of the site discovered the 77 graves, recorded the inscriptions and pinpointed their locations. The last known photograph of Aeltie’s gravestone was taken in 1935.

Coincidentally, Brinckerhoff said his daughter attends the Summit School, which is just three blocks from the burial ground.

He wants the headstones recovered and put back up and if some are missing, then for each grave to be marked in some manner.

“Landmarking the site is valuable on lots of levels,” Brinckerhoff said.

“I don’t want my ancestors plowed over.”

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Nancy, the owner of one of the hundreds of tasty spots on Roosevelt Avenue, serves Ecuadorian food on the corner of Warren Street.

L atin Fl air Food lover and Jackson Heights resident Jeff Orlick takes people on food crawls of Roosevelt Avenue.

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by Josey Bartlett ueens residents, especially in Jackson where many of the food cart vendors he knows Heights, might ask “Why should we by name and has on speed dial in his phone pay $59 for a food tour of our bor- park their shops. He has written extensively ough?” Well ... Jackson Heights resident, casual about these experiences on his website, iwantour guide and lover of food Jeff Orlick would tmorefood.com. answer that one might miss About twice a week, by what he calls the “greatest appointment only, he takes hits of Roosevelt Avenue.” groups of between two “These are the area’s and six people hailing from best-kept secrets,” said everywhere from Australia Orlick. “People think they to Manhattan on threeknow, but this is my life’s hour tours of Roosevelt research.”

Avenue’s largely South Orlick, who spends his American food. Six months nights working in TV news ago he started the Roosproduction and his days evelt Avenue Midnight eating his way through Jackson Heights, knows Street Crawl and the Tastes of the World tour. his neighborhood — he lives just a couple blocks Recently he unveiled the Queens Fiesta Crawl. from the bustling avenue.

On the Queens Fiesta Crawl, Orlick takes For nearly four years, Orlick has spent much groups on mouth-watering walks from of his free time exploring the food in the area, 82nd to 111th streets on Roosevelt Avenue. often on Roosevelt Avenue under the 7 train, continued onon page 43 Continued page

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Queens Blvd. The concert will feature Weber/Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance; Schubert: Symphony #6 in C; Debussy: Petite Suite; Glinka: Mazurka from A Life for the Czar. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors citizens and students. Tickets are available by calling (718) 374-1627.

Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historic structures around the city will run through June 30 at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067.

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The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show “The Artist Within: The Urge to Create” on view June 1-Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.

An outdoor spring fair will be held at American Martyrs Church on Saturday, June 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Union Turnpike and Bell Boulevard, Bayside.

Rain Date: June 9.

Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhust will sponsor a flea market on Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A children’s art exhibition will run June 4 to 30 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. Exhibition hours: Monday through Thursday and Saturday 1-4 p.m.

In conjunction with Queens College’s Year of Turkey, the Queens College Art Center is presenting a group show in which 27 contemporary artists look at the evil eye through June 29. Gallery hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-4:40 p.m. Closed weekends and holidays. Free and open to the public at Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, college entrance at 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

AUDITIONS FSF Community Theatre Group, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, is holding auditions for the musical “Ragtime” on Tuesday, June 5 with callbacks on Wednesday, June 6, all from 7:30-10 p.m. Performances: Nov. 2012. For information call: (516) 521-5500.

Open audition for two male roles for a production of “Blithe Spirit” by the Chapel Players of the First Reformed Church of College Point. Three performances in November. Rehearsals Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings from June through October. Auditions will be held on Thursday, May 31 from 7-9 p.m. at the First Reformed Church, 118-17 14 Ave., College Point.

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The New Theatre Players of St. Helen’s will hold auditions for its fall production of the comedy “Over the River and Through the Woods” at St. Helen’s school gym at 157-10 83 St. in Howard Beach on Wednesday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 12 at 7 p.m. The play will run in October. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, Aug. 14 and will continue on every Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. until curtain time. The cast consists of six characters: two grandfathers, two grandmothers, a young man in his 30s and a young woman in late 20s or early 30s. Bring a resume and picture if available. For questions or further information, phone Louis at (347) 235-0972.

The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra has openings in oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and bass sections.

Auditions will be held during the regular rehearsals of the orchestra on Wednesday from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Interested players should contact the conductor, Franklin Verbsky at (718) 374-1627 or (516) 785-2532.

“The Artist Within: The Urge to Create,” an art exhibit, will be on view at the Queens Botanical Garden from June 1PHOTO COURTESY THALIA SPANISH THEATRE Sept. 30, in Flushing.

Interested performers are invited to audition for Theatre by the Bay’s production of “Hello, Dolly!” to be held on Tuesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 1300 209 St., Bayside.

The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

THEATRE Parkside Players presents “Done to Death,” a mystery-comedy, at Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Tpke., on Friday, June 1 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, June 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14/$12 for seniors. For information call (718) 353-7388.

“La Callas & Medea,” a new play by one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights from Spain, Jaime Salom, will be presented through June 24 at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. Performances in English: Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. Performances in Spanish: Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $25/students and seniors $22. For tickets call (718) 729-3880. or thaliatheatre.org.

DANCE Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, 66-85 73 Place, Middle Village, presents free Sunday Arts Performances which will showcase six emerging NYC choreographers. All events are free and open to the public.

Scheduled performances: June 3 at 5 p.m., Alexis Convento and Artists and LaneCoArts; and June 10 at 5 p.m., Synthesis Aesthetic Project and Twins and Artists.

Thalia Spanish Theatre presents two free concerts of Spanish and Latin American music and dance in Thomson Hill Park/Noonan Playground — on June 3: Ballet Fiesta Mexicana and June 10: Mestizo Dance Company, both at 1 p.m. at Greenpoint Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets in Sunny-

side. For more information contact Thalia Spanish Theatre at (718) 729-3880 or thaliatheatre.org.

FILM Special free screening on Friday, June 1 at 7 p.m. of “The Calling,” a documentary by David Ranghelli at Immaculate Conception Church, Ditmars Boulevard and 29th Street in Astoria. Awarded by 16 film festivals including Best Documentary and Cinematic Achievement, this documentary provides a glimpse into the personal nature of belief and the bonds of family, as it delves into the fundamental questions that provide meaning to our lives.

MUSIC Join the Astoria Symphony Orchestra and Astoria Symphonic Choir on Sunday, June 3 at 5 p.m. for a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 43-19 30th Ave., Astoria. Tickets are $20/$15. Call the Astoria Music Society at (917) 3008695 for more information.

The Gingerbread Players at St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, present a chamber recital of music for solo piano and trumpet/piano duo on Sunday, June 3 at 3 p.m. Forest Hills native Ivy Zohra Adrian, at the piano, is joined by trumpeter Daren Wilkes in a program that includes works by Beethoven, Chopin and Satie. Tickets are $12/$10 for students and seniors. For reservations call (718) 268-7772.

Celebration 2012 will feature Irene Failenbogen, Spanish Ladino singer; Modi, nationally recognized comedian and Cantor Moti Fuchs in a concert on Sunday, June 3 at 7:15 p.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Tickets are $25-$100. For tickets call (718) 380-4145.

The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra will present the final concert of its 48th season on Sunday, June 3 at 2 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06

The Richmond Hill flea market held at the old RKO theatre, 117-09 Hillside Ave., is open every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit Richmondhillfleamarket.com or call (347) 709-7661 for more information and directions.

LECTURES Starting Abstract, an oil painting demo by Bart DeCeglie, will be given on Friday, June 1 at 8 pm. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston.

HEALTH The Lupus Connection, a nonprofit organization, will present “What’s Lupus?” a free forum, from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 2 at the Robert Ross Family Life Clinic, 172-17 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

MEETINGS Ozone Park AARP Chapter 4163 meets the last Tuesday of the month at noon at Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., Ozone Park.

New members are welcome.

Queens Best Toastmakers Club meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room, 79-01 Broadway.

Toastmasters Club — Advance for Excellence meets two Thursdays of every month at the Briarwood Library, 85-12 Main St. Upcoming meeting dates are June 14 and June 28. For more information call (718) 525-6830.

CLASSES Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday and Friday night from 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $10.

The Queens Community House, Pomonok Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, is offering Zumba with Nando Zee on Thursday nights (except 6/7) at 6 p.m. for $10 per person. Participants must wear sneakers and be at least 16 years old. For information call Amy at (718) 591-6060.

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Come one, come all to Flushing Jazz Jam

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Every first Wednesday of the month graduate students of jazz and semi-professional musicians gather at Flushing Town Hall for its monthly Jazz Jam. Usually the event takes place in the art gallery, but because of the popularity of June’s guests of honor, The Campbell Brothers and Daniel Bernard Roumain, it may be upgraded to the larger upstairs performance space, Flushing Town Hall Director of

Jazz Jam When: June 6, 7 p.m.

Where: Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd.

Tickets: Free for performers, audience $10 flushingtownhall.org (718) 463-7700, ext. 222

Education and Public Programs Gabrielle Hamilton said.

So here’s how it goes: musicians come a little early and sign up with their name and instrument — a Steinway baby grand is up for the jamming. The House Band, graduate students from the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College led by musicians Sejin Bai and Evan Jangels, warms up the group. With the guests of honor somewhat at the helm, musicians call out songs to play. Then the jamming begins.

“I want people to know it’s not going to be that complicated.

Everyone should just come and play,” pedal steel player Chuck Campbell said. “It’s going to be just like church. People can get up and sing anything, and believe you me they do. They sing anything from a church song to a pop song.”

The Rochester-based Campbell Brothers perform African-American gospel music with electric

steel guitar and vocals.

The brothers will also perform on June 8 at 6 p.m. in the Jazz Clinic Concert. Since last fall high school students have migrated to Flushing Town Hall to learn about jazz legends, and how they can incorporate what the greats of jazz did into their own music. The free clinic — free MetroCard included — is funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.

Roumain, a Haitian-American violinist who has collaborated with Lady GaGa, plays classical jazz style music with hints of his cultural background. Roumain will host a professional development seminar about performing — for artists of all types — preceding the concert at 6 p.m. Call Flushing Town Hall to reserve a spot.

The community-driven event began in the fall and started bulking up in recent months — attracting about 50 musicians, Hamilton said.

“I’m pleased we have this in

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The Campbell Brothers bring gospel music to the masses and now to PHOTO COURTESY FLUSHING TOWN HALL Flushing Town Hall.

Queens because often musicians have to go into Manhattan to jam,” Hamilton said. “They also eat dinner in the city. So now they can stay in the borough and get to know their neighbors. It’s a great networking opportunity not only for musicians, but also fans of jazz.”

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“I go home thinking about their accomInto Light/Dina Denis Dance company.

“LifeFull,” which will be previewed at plishments. It has permeated my life,” dancer Nicole Speletic the Third Annual Celesaid. bration event on SatWith these words urday, grew from a in mind, Denis, of East series of inspiring Elmhurst, and dancers interviews and an Lisa Craig of Woodinterest in the conside, Nicole Sclafani of nection between When: June 2, 5 to 8 p.m.

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other dishes he’s discovered from extensive gastronomical research.

“And some of the carts aren’t the best,” he said.

It’s nice to have a tour guide who knows what’s what.

So what’s his favorite dish?

“It changes all the time,” he said. “It’s like asking someone who their favorite child is.”

He has not only become a Roosevelt Avenue food expert, but also has started educating himself on the different cultures of the area — from Bangladeshi to Ecuadorian— and on street cart-licensing protocols.

Many of the vendors don’t speak English and don’t understand the all-English application forms, he said. He keeps a fully packed Tour-goers get a taste of many delicious finds on Roosevelt binders of all the rules, and he does his best to FILE PHOTO Avenue between 82nd 111th Streets.

The crew typically stops at about nine different vendors.

Food adventurers will get bites of Ecuadorian, Mexican, Peruvian and Dominican food. They will get tastes of shaved ice, tacos, seasoned pork, fish bollo — a sweet plantain mash with fresh tuna fish — tripe with peanut sauce, and many

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He also has ID necklaces from the many jobs he has done at his night-job as producer. He said many cart owners get fined for the workers not wearing their food vendor IDs. Orlick has come to call all the vendors his friends, which gives his tours an insider’s Q flair.

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There will be a New York State safe boating class taught by qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructiors from Flotilla 12-01 at the College Point Yacht Club, 3-04 126 St., on Saturday, June 2. Certification is required for operating boats in NJ waters, as well as operating a PWC in the Tri-State area. The class will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fee is $65, learning materials included. For information call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014, Ralph Traub at (646) 418-1239 or email 1201@verizon.net. To register online go to Flotilla 1201’s website at a0141201.uscgaux.info.

The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org.

The Suddenly in Command safe boating class will be taught by qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors from Flotilla 12-01 at the College Point Yacht Club on Saturday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This four-hour class will focus on emergency procedures in the event that critical personnel become disabled while operating a recreational vessel on the water. The fee for the class is $35.

For information call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014, Ralph Traub at (646) 418-1239 or email 1201@verizon.net. To register online go to Flotilla 1201’s website at a0141201.uscgaux.info.

The Parks department is sponsoring free Zumba classes through June 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Little Bay Park roller hockey rink, 212 Street and Bell Boulevard, Cross Island Parkway Service Road intersection in Bayside.

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The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Cost: $75 for adults, for four sessions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.’

Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 223-7659. Fee: $25 per class.

Dance with instructions at the Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Monday and Friday, 7:15 to 8 p.m., followed by a dance social. Music by Sal Escott. Admission $10.

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The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, offers classes in Greek folk dance for adults and teens every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The fee is $20 monthly or $150 for the whole year. Bouzouki lessons are also available every Saturday from 12:30-2 p.m. Registration is open to beginners as well as advanced players of all ages. Students are recommended to bring their own instruments to class. The fee is $40 to enroll and $60 monthly. For more information, call (718) 726-7329.

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

SPECIAL EVENTS The Queens Alliance Baseball League and the Queens Kiwanis Baseball League have combined to provide recreational baseball, as well as tournaments in the RBI, Pony, Federation and Greater N.Y. Sandlot. Any teams or players looking to play baseball in a local competitive league can call (718) 3667717 or (718) 821-4487 for more information.

Join Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, for Community Volunteer Day on Sunday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Led by QGB’s knowledgeable staff, volunteers will participate in a variety of activities from seeding to weeding while learning the importance of green gardening and the value of community involvement. All participants must register via email to Rforlenza@queensbotanical.org to request a volunteer application.

The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is featuring poet Maria Terrone on Sunday, June 3 at 3 p.m. Drawing on her Italian American heritage, Terrone is the author of two books of poetry. Admission is $10 and $8 for members.

The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, World Service Committee is sponsoring a dinner on Saturday, June 9 to raise funds for the Boing Kak School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Boing Kak School is run by Face-to-Face AIDS and has been very successful so far, educating over seventy young orphaned girls and boys. A summer feast, to be held in the Parish House, is planned and will include a cocktail hour with hors-d’oeuvres to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the lounge. This will be followed by a family-style dinner. Donation is $35 per person. A silent auction will also be held.

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ACROSS

1 Lose it 5 Bit of derring-do 9 Wager 12 Top-notch 13 Jason’s ship 14 “Go, team!”

15 Fictional girl detective 17 Work with 18 Plumed military hats 19 Host 21 Type measure 22 Donny’s sister 24 Brazen 27 Highland hat 28 Skirt feature, maybe 31 Shock and 32 Catcher’s place?

33 A billion years 34 Accomplishment 36 Dawn goddess 37 Penny 38 Marine from Mayberry 40 “Little Women” woman 41 Less improved 43 Mountain range 47 A Gershwin 48 Super Bowl XLIV MVP 51 Chaps 52 Tittle

53 Money 54 Cauldron 55 Vacationing 56 Art Deco pioneer

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1 Without 2 Ark captain 3 Faris or Paquin 4 Ate like a bird 5 Crazes 6 Blunder 7 Time of your life?

8 Pisa landmark

9 Martial-arts film star 10 Facility 11 Quaker’s pronoun 16 Thither 20 Wrong (Pref.)

22 City head 23 Iowa city 24 Awful 25 Have debts 26 “Shampoo” Oscar winner 27 Genealogy chart 29 Charged bit 30 Stick with a kick

35 Two, in Tijuana 37 Strong-arm 39 TV, radio, etc.

40 Triangular sail 41 Weakling 42 Black-and-white cookie 43 Convince 44 Back 45 Leftovers 46 Arthur of tennis 49 Tier 50 Greek vowel Answers at right

Ellen worked a high-powered job that took her away from her daughter, who struggled with learning to read. Through working with her daughter, she realized she wanted to help other children with learning disabilities, as well as follow a career path that gave her more time to be with her child.

Through the dancers’ movements the audience sees the emotions this story conveys. The vignette starts with the conflict of working too much and burning out and then working towards a solution.

“When I was young and saw dances it inspired me to be a dancer, but it would be cool if a dance inspired someone to want to be something else like a nurse [for example],”Speletic said.

Steve Sclafani created the beats and at times weaves the interviews into the music. Carrie Patterson, a fellow teacher at the Bronx Academy for the Future, narrates during the dance.

“LifeFull” is an evolving piece. The dancers previewed one segment at their celebration last year and this week Denis turned in an application for a grant to fund a website where browsers could read more about the interviews and even post their own stories of ordinary people

doing extraordinary things.

The piece has changed from last year, when audience members told the dancers they wanted to understand more about the interviewee’s stories, which prompted a little less abstracted look at the text, according to Denis.

The celebration at Topaz Arts Center in Woodside will not only preview the dance, but will also include a wine tasting, silent auction and time to meet with Q the artists.

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Notice of Formation of 6753 78TH STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/17/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 61-10 85th St., Middle Village, NY 11379. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 5/14/12, bearing Index Number NC000262-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of Veronica Mahdoo. My present name is Dullarie Veronica Mahdoo aka Dullarie V. Mahdoo.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: TANDY’S DISTRIBUTION CENTER NA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/16/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MONU REAL ESTATE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/14/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Law Office of Michael J. Mondschein, 1684 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11236.

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: PRO NURSES STAT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/17/2012. Office location is New York County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 22019 145th Avenue, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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MARIA ORSIC LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/19/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 47-21 47 St., Woodside, NY 11377, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: THE GPA GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/15/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 19515 LINDEN BLVD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/17/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Roosevelt Warner, 194-30 116th Avenue, St. Albans, NY 11412. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

A & I GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/29/2012. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 33-20 112 St, Ste 2, Corona, NY 11368.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: SOANN SERVICE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/06/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 32-43 88th Street, Apt. 403, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Legal Notices HOMES & HOMES LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/14/2012. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Maria Fermin, 211-03 28 Ave, Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company.

Name: 1NATION1VOICE INTERNATIONAL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/23/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to SHEREEN CALONGE, 61-18 PARSONS BLVD., FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Joseph A. Weeden, Esq., is currently investigating allegations that some restaurant workers may have been underpaid by being forced to work off the clock and not paid for the actual hours they worked.

As a result, they were not paid minimum wage for the actual hours they worked and did not receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 per week. If you are or have been a restaurant worker and were required to spend any time at work while off of the clock, immediately contact Joseph A. Weeden, Esq. —

Notice of Formation of limited liability company.

Name: AMERICAN INTERIOR FINISHES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/14/2011.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 94-25 57TH AVE., STE. 7E, ELMHURST, NY 11373. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Joseph A. Weeden, Esq., is currently investigating allegations that fiduciaries of Bank of America’s 401(k) plans may have violated federal law by allowing the plans to continue investing in Bank of America’s own stock after it became an imprudent investment for employees’ retirement savings. If you were an employee of Bank of America any time between January 1, 2008 and the present and held company stock in your 401(k) plan account, immediately contact Joseph A. Weeden, Esq. —

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: SOUP N MORE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/30/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 68-38 YELLOWSTONE BLVD., FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUN LAKE 185 LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/13/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 73-39 185th St., Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. General Purposes.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: KARATE FREIZER LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/27/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: BHNIJA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Prakash Chavda, 179-15 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SEQUENCE NO I At an IAS Part 17 of the Supreme Court, State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York on the 18th day of May 2012.

Present: Honorable Orin R. Kitzes, Justice.

In the Matter of the Application of: STEVEN J. MARANO, as Director, Officer, and Holder of Shares Representing Sixty Percent (60%) of All Outstanding Shares of Iron Age Tool Corp., and MATTHEW GROY, as Director and Officer, Plaintiff-Petitioner, For the Dissolution of IRON AGE TOOL CORP., a Domestic Corporation, Pursuant to Section 1102 of the Business Corporation Law, - and - STEVEN J. DURANTE, DefendantRespondent.

Index No. 12-10591/2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE No motion fee, filed on commencement Upon reading and filing the annexed Verified Petition and Complaint of Steven J. Marano, director, officer, and holder of shares representing sixty percent of the votes of all outstanding shares of Iron Age Tool Corp. (the “Company”), verified on the 17th day of May 2012, and the exhibits annexed thereto, and the Affidavit of Emergency in Support of Application for Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order, sworn to May 17, 2012, and, upon the resolution presented herein of the Company’s Board of Directors, that dissolution of the Company will be beneficial to the shareholders, that the Company’s assets are likely not sufficient to discharge its liabilities, and that the Board of Directors shall present a petition for dissolution of the Company to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, LET THE RESPONDENTS, the State Tax Commission, and all interested persons show cause at an IAS Part 17 of this Court, to be held at the Court House, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on the 20th day of June 2012, at 9:30 a.m. of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, should not be made and entered: A. dissolving the Company pursuant to § 1102 of the New York Business Corporation Law (“BCL”); B. pursuant to BCL §§ 1113 and 1115, ordering that Respondent: 1. shall not enter the premises of the Company or interfere with the Company’s use thereof; and 2. shall not take, sell, transfer, assign, mortgage or otherwise encumber any of the Company’s assets or real properties; 3. shall turn over to the Company and to Petitioner all Company books, records, contracts, rental agreements, property, access codes, inventory and other property, and bank and credit card accounts in his possession, custody, or control; 4. shall not destroy, alter, conceal, or retain any of the Company’s books and records; 5. shall not transact any business or enter any transactions in the name of, or on behalf of, the Company; 6. shall not hold himself out as an officer, director, employee, or authorized agent of the Company to any of the Company’s customers, employees, agents, or suppliers; and 7. shall not use any of the Company’s funds for payment of legal fees in this proceeding; and C. and granting such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper under the circumstances, together with costs and disbursements of this proceeding to petitioner, as well as reasonable counsel fees, and it is further ORDERED, that pending the return date of the within Order to Show Cause, the Respondent, his agents, employees, and/or assigns: A. B. shall not take, sell, transfer, assign, mortgage or otherwise encumber any of the Company’s assets or real properties; C. D. shall not destroy, alter, conceal, or retain any of the Company’s books and records; E. shall not transact any business or enter any transactions in the name of, or on behalf of, the Company; F. shall not hold himself out as an officer, director, employee, or authorized agent of the Company to any of the Company’s customers, employees, agents, or suppliers; and G. ORDERED that a copy of this Order be published in Queens Chronicle once a week in each of the three weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon, and that the Company pay in advance the costs thereof; and it is further ORDERED, that service upon the Respondent, and the State Tax Commission and Attorney General of New York State a copy of this Order to Show Cause, together with the papers upon which it is base, in accordance with BCL § 1106(c), on or before the 19th day of May, 2012, shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof.

ENTER: Orin R. Kitzes, J.S.C.

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New Whitestone group backs Republicans and Conservatives

by Alan Krawitz Chronicle Contributor

Whitestone resident Lauren Whalen wasn’t always a political person. But, two watershed events of the past decade helped to dramatically alter her politics and her views.

“After 9/11, when most everyone’s life changed forever, I became very interested in politics,” said Whalen, who is the founder of the Northeast Queens Tea Party Patriots, a conservative political movement that adheres closely to Constitutional ideals — as its members see them.

Whalen, who attended Queens College and now teaches deaf children, said that even though her civic awareness and political consciousness was raised in the aftermath of Sept. 11, it wasn’t until the pivotal 2008 election of President Obama that she took decisive action.

“I always wanted to volunteer for a cause and I felt that I needed to do something besides just listening to conservative talk radio and reading newspapers,” said Whalen, speaking from the off ice of the Queens County Republican Club in Whitestone.

Whalen explained that soon after the 2008 election, she began volunteering with the Queens County Republicans, helping out with campaigns and fundraisers for Republican and Conservative candidates such as

Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), who is running for Congress in the newly drawn 6th District.

Halloran, who like most Republicans has been highly critical of Obama’s economic and foreign policies, has reportedly attended several of Whalen’s Tea Party meetings since the group’s founding via Meetup.com in October of last year.

Meetup is a website that helps people with similar interests form groups and connect both on- and offline.

“No matter what you call them, there are thousands of New Yorkers who are fed up with President Obama and the Democrats’ failed policies,” Halloran said through his spokesperson, Steven Stites. “I am proud to have their support and I join them in demanding job creation, lower taxes and responsible spending.”

Whalen describes Halloran as a “great Tea Party candidate and great constitutionalist who fights the battle every day.”

And, although she admits that the group still only has a handful of members, she says that almost anyone can join regardless of his or her party registration.

“Anyone who is feeling frustrated about the way our government is being run can come to our meetings,” Whalen says. “No party affiliation needed.”

Moreover, Whalen says that yet another reason she decided to start her group is that the image of the Tea Party in the media has been distorted, especially in the cases of high-profile Tea Party candidates such as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann.

“The Tea Party has been bashed in the media,” Whalen said. “There is a misconception of who we are.”

At her Meetup.com website, she lists the group’s core values as less government, free markets and upholding the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

A general description of Tea Party values can be found at Teaparty.org, which details the organization as “a grassroots movement that calls awareness to any issue that challenges the security, sovereignty, or domestic tranquility of our beloved nation, the United States of America. From our founding, the Tea Party represents the voice of the true owners of the United States: We The People.”

Other candidates Whalen supports include Army veteran Stephen Labate, who is running in the 3rd Congressional District in an attempt to unseat six-term 2nd CD Congressman Steve Israel, who was “drawn into” thenew 3rd after the Census.

Whalen and her Tea Party are also

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Lauren Whalen, founder of Northeast Queens PHOTO BY ALAN KRAWITZ Tea Party Patriots. supporting Manhattan attorney and Conservative activist Wendy Long as she attempts to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

Not a fan of the president, Whalen believes that Obama “doesn’t uphold the Constitution.”

“Our government works best when there is less government,” she concludes.

Meetings of the NE Queens Tea Party Patriots are the last Thursday of every month. For information, contact Whalen at: Q northeastqueenstp@gmail.com.

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Going way back to the early 20th century, Hillside Avenue has always had plenty of automotive businesses and auto dealers due to early are zoning laws. At 181-12 Hillside Avenue the snappy and mechanically advanced Franklin automobile was sold.

In April 1934, the company closed its doors, a victim of the Great Depres- Knapp Auto Body Repair Co., summer 1946. sion. The Jamaica Truck Tire Company Knapp was also an early equal opportunitook over the property. The owner, a Mr. Guthrie, had three other truck company ty employer. Back in the 1940s when many branches throughout Queens, but his firm black Americans only had jobs as porters and custodians to look forward to, Knapp didn’t survive the Depression either.

When Guthrie went down, Christian L. gave work to the large black population of Knapp and his son, Christian Jr., who had South Jamaica coming up from the south.

The shop folded in the mid-1960s, after extensive automotive experience working for the Strang Buick dealership down the which the location housed a succession of street, were ready to make a move. They businesses, such as a pet care center and seized the opportunity and opened up an video store. Today the property is split, with a restaurant and a tire dealership each occuauto body repair shop at the spot.

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It seems somewhat ironic that after three years of speculation about whether the Wilpon family would have to sell the Mets, rumors surfaced just before Memorial Day weekend that the Steinbrenner family was entertaining offers to sell the Yankees.

Yankees President Randy Levine and Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost immediately issued strong denials that the team was on the selling block while Major League Baseball issued a press release reiterating that the Yankees were not on the market.

Even though the Yankees brass and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig are pooh-poohing any talk regarding a transference of ownership once can certainly understand why team CEO Hal Steinbrenner might entertain offers.

Hal Steinbrenner has always been extremely cordial and candid when I have had the occasion to speak with him, but he certainly does not enjoy being the star of the sports pages the way his late father, the legendary George Steinbrenner, did. He is also far more focused on the bottom line of the income statement than his dad ever was.

The Yankees have been conservatively valued at $2 billion With so much competition for the leisure consumer dollar and the economic woes of the last four years, combined

with how pro football has supplanted baseball as our top sport, Hal may feel that this may be the optimal time to cash out.

Tax issues may also influence the Steinbrenner clan to sell. The capital gains tax rate, which is currently pegged at 15 percent, is scheduled to be hiked next year, barring any action on the parts of Congress and President Obama. Selling the Yankees now could net the Steinbrenners hundreds of millions more than if they wait.

It should also be noted that the estate tax was suspended in 2010, the year that George Steinbrenner passed away. Had it been in effect then, there was a good chance that the team would have been sold shortly after his death.

You have to give Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson credit for candor. Sandy was asked by Mets broadcaster and Bellerose native Gary Cohen during a rain delay last Thursday if he was concerned about the Mets’ lack of home run prowess this season.

Instead of dancing around the question or playing up other strengths, he immediately responded “Absolutely. It has been proven that the team that hits more home runs in a game generally wins that game.” He then added for good measure that he was also worried about the Mets’ lack of speed on the base paths. I’m sure the Mets ticket sales Q department must have been thrilled.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Cape on 50x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Full Basement. Large Backyard, Private Driveway.

Asking $565K

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HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD All Brick Store + Dwelling - 6 over 6 + Store + Studio. Asking $569K

NATALLIA KOLBUN 646-436-5455

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Mint corner colonial, Huge master BR, Updated kitchen, All new baths, Large living room w/skylight, Hardwood floors, Full-finished basement.

Asking Only $539K

NATALLIA KOLBUN HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE HOWARD BEACH/ Excellent Detached, 40x100, 2 Family w/Full Fin Bsmnt, 2 BRs over 2 BRs, ROCKWOOD PARK 646-436-5455 Partially Dormered Cape on 50x100, 5 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Fin Bsmnt.

Hardwood Flrs, In-ground pool, Private driveway. Asking $699K

REDUCED $690K

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Lg Cape on 42x100, Updated Windows, H/W Fls on 1st Fl, Updated EIK w/9' Ceilings and Access to Bkyd, Det 2 Car Gar w/Pvt Dvwy, Full Fin Top Fl & Bsmnt, Pavers in Bkyd.

Asking. $629K

Lg Unique Hi-ranch with Bsmnt, Top fl: 3 BRs, 2 Baths, EIK, Lg LR, All H/W Fl. 2 BR Walk-in. Bsmnt: Lg, Open Unfinished, 8' Ceilings. New roof, Well water for sprinklers. Asking only $690K

RICHMOND HILL Move-in Condition, 1 Family, 3 BRs, Full Basement, Great Location, New Windows & Kitchen. $365K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Corner Colonial on 100x40, Totally Redone w/New Kit, Granite Countertops & Stainless Steel Appliances, All Tiled Floors, 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths. $629K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK All Brick, Huge Custom Split Colonial 37x35 on 56x100 Lot, 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths, New Oak Fls, 2 Fireplaces, Paved Circular Dvwy, 2 Car Gar, IGP. $1.199M

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK 1 Family Colonial, 3/4 BRs, Full Fin Bsmnt, Pvt Dvwy, Garage, Walk to Cross Bay Blvd. Asking only $519K

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HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE 2 Family Brick/Vinyl, 41x100, 6 over 6.

Basement Sheetrocked with High Hats.

High Ceilings. Asking $619K

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Huge Brookfield (27x55), 4 BRs, 3 Baths, Sunken LR w/Hardwood Floors, Huge FDR, Large EIK, Pvt Dvwy, 2 Car Gar.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Split-Level Colonial, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, All Updated Thruout, 2 Car Pvt Dvwy.

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Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x109 Lot, 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, All Updated Throughout.

All Brick Tudor, 4 BRs, 1.5 Baths, Everything Redone, New Appliances, Private Driveway & 2 Car Garage.

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 Baths, All Updated, Private Driveway.

All New Brick Custom, 4 BRs, 2 Full, 2 Half Baths, 9' Celings, Custom Imported Italian Windows, Radiant Heat, Fireplace, Full Fin Basement.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Large Hi-Ranch 27x53 on 40x100, Raised Ranch on 50x100 Corner Lot, 3 BRs, 1.5 Baths + Open Layout Walk-in w/Full Bath.

LIST WITH US! GET YOUR PROPERTY SOLD TODAY!

4 BRs, 3 Full Baths, Beautiful Hardwood Floors, 2 Car Private Driveway & 1 Car Garage.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Solid Brick Colonial on 100x100 Lot, 2 Deeds, 5 BRs, 3.5 Baths, Private Driveway.

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