VOL. 79, NO. 8 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013 FREE SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY Love Is In The Air Woodside Civic Association Community Discussion Contact: Ed Bergendahl, Pres. WCA (347) 355-8707 Friday, February 22nd @ 7PM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WELCOME! St. Sebastian’s Parish Center, 3963 57th St. Woodside Above: Attorney Marc Leavitt sings to the crowd at SCS. (continued on page 5) WHO’S NEXT?! by Sherilyn J. Sabba In these tough economic times, our com- munity has seen a sad number of businesses come and go. Businesses that have been in our area for decades are being forced to close because of higher rents, declining sales and a number of other variables that seem to be ubiquitous around the country. There has been a large change in con- sumer preferences, favoring the home internet and mobile phone shopping , or going to the bigger box stores for cheaper prices and better value, thus making shop- ping at the average brick and mortar store less desirable. If there’s no profit, there fs no way to keep up with the excessive overhead and our local businesses are forced to close. What we fre missing when we do this type of shopping, is that leaving the com- munity to shop and not patronizing the local venders and shops is causing these stores to go out. And along with these stores going out of business is the creation of an eyesore due to the empty storefronts. How you can help: By shopping locally, you fre contribut- ing to your community. Local businesses put their money back into the community and when you make purchases within those local stores, it circulates the money through the community. Your local business can be much more diversified and carry a particular product that you may not see in the bigger box stores. You will have no impact on whether a box store will carry a certain product. For them it may boil down to how much they can squeeze the manufacturer to increase their own profit margin. A local store will be more inclined to broaden their range of products based on communication with a customer, rather than see that customer go anywhere else. Being patriotic also means to keep it in the community. Many large businesses tend to outsource certain jobs and services. Spend- ing locally keeps jobs in the US and helps local businesses be self-sufficient. We tend to wave the flag in the context of war and rather not in terms of the US economy and local neighborhood. For over 30 years, Marc Leavitt, local attorney and community leader has serenaded the members of Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) Center for Active Older Adults with classic songs of love in celebra- tion of Valentine’s Day. Over a hun- dred members attended this year’s celebration, and many sang along to the classic tunes in both English and Spanish. SCS Executive Director Judy Zangwill extended her thanks to Marc Leavitt for so sharing his talents, the Sunnyside Kiwanis Club for making the annual event pos- sible, and local businesses for gener- ously donating raffle gifts and prizes including 200 bottles of wine for the guests from generous local donor. The Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside would like to thank all those who contributed to making this party pos- sible including Billharz Plumbing, P.J. Horgan’s, Triad Management, New York Style Eats, Marc Leavitt and the SCS Senior center staff. Left: Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan celebrates Valentine’s Day at Sunnyside Community Service Center with Maria Garcia and Fanny Tafur at the Sunnyside Kiwanis Club Valentine’s Day Party. More Photos On Page 5
Friday, February 22nd @ 7PMCOMMUNITY MEMBERS WELCOME!
St. Sebastian’s Parish Center, 3963 57th St. Woodside
Above: Attorney Marc Leavitt sings to the crowd at SCS.
(continued on page 5)
WHO’S NEXT?!by Sherilyn J. Sabba
In these tough economic times, our com-munity has seen a sad number of businessescome and go. Businesses that have been inour area for decades are being forced toclose because of higher rents, declining salesand a number of other variables that seem tobe ubiquitous around the country.
There has been a large change in con-sumer preferences, favoring the homeinternet and mobile phone shopping , orgoing to the bigger box stores for cheaperprices and better value, thus making shop-ping at the average brick and mortar storeless desirable.
If there’s no profit, there fs no way tokeep up with the excessive overhead and ourlocal businesses are forced to close.
What we fre missing when we do thistype of shopping, is that leaving the com-munity to shop and not patronizing thelocal venders and shops is causing thesestores to go out.
And along with these stores going out ofbusiness is the creation of an eyesore due tothe empty storefronts.
How you can help:By shopping locally, you fre contribut-
ing to your community. Local businessesput their money back into the communityand when you make purchases within thoselocal stores, it circulates the money throughthe community.
Your local business can be much morediversified and carry a particular product thatyou may not see in the bigger box stores. Youwill have no impact on whether a box storewill carry a certain product. For them it mayboil down to how much they can squeeze themanufacturer to increase their own profitmargin. A local store will be more inclined tobroaden their range of products based oncommunication with a customer, rather thansee that customer go anywhere else.
Being patriotic also means to keep it inthe community. Many large businesses tendto outsource certain jobs and services. Spend-ing locally keeps jobs in the US and helpslocal businesses be self-sufficient. We tendto wave the flag in the context of war andrather not in terms of the US economy andlocal neighborhood.
For over 30 years, Marc Leavitt,local attorney and community leaderhas serenaded the members ofSunnyside Community Services(SCS) Center for Active Older Adultswith classic songs of love in celebra-tion of Valentine’s Day. Over a hun-dred members attended this year’scelebration, and many sang along tothe classic tunes in both English andSpanish. SCS Executive DirectorJudy Zangwill extended her thanksto Marc Leavitt for so sharing histalents, the Sunnyside Kiwanis Clubfor making the annual event pos-sible, and local businesses for gener-ously donating raffle gifts and prizesincluding 200 bottles of wine for theguests from generous local donor.The Kiwanis Club of Sunnysidewould like to thank all those whocontributed to making this party pos-sible including Billharz Plumbing,P.J. Horgan’s, Triad Management,New York Style Eats, Marc Leavittand the SCS Senior center staff.
Left: Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan celebratesValentine’s Day at Sunnyside Community ServiceCenter with Maria Garcia and Fanny Tafur at theSunnyside Kiwanis Club Valentine’s Day Party.
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Valentine’s For Local VeteransNYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., who is the ranking Democratic member on the Senate Veterans,
Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee, paid tribute to the brave sacrifice given by American menand women in uniform by supporting school children in the district who work on a Valentine’s Day-themedproject each year that applauds our heroic veterans.
On Thursday, February 14, Senator Addabbovisited residents of the VA St. Albans CommunityCare Center, as the representative of over 50 stu-dents from P.S. 88 in Ridgewood and delivered their“Valentines for Vets” greetings. Dozens of studentshad worked for the past several weeks on craftingcreative, colorful, expressive greeting cards andletters, to show appreciation for the veterans’ sacri-fice and service from World War II to the MiddleEast conflicts. Their teacher and principal met withthe senator earlier that week when he picked up thestudents’ work.
Senator Addabbo then visited the veterans topersonally deliver heart-felt greetings to each from the school children, affectionate tokens filled withexpressions of their gratitude to show the veterans they care and they’re not forgotten. For more informationon the above, please contact Senator Addabbo’s district office in Howard Beach at 718-738-1111.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013THE WOODSIDE HERALDPAGE 4
Asm. Nolan UndergroundFacilities Bill Passes
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan isproud to announce that A145 was reportedfrom the Corporation Committee. A.145would increase the penalties relating to un-derground facilities and ensure that bothexcavators and operators follow the appro-priate rules when they excavate a site in-volving underground pipelines.
In 2009, an underground pipeline wasdamaged after a sub-contractor, hired by theMTA, began drilling causing a rupture whichled to 500 gallons of jet fuel to spill into thestreets in Sunnyside, Queens. The fire de-partment responded immediately. BuckeyePipeline which owns and operates the pipe-line also responded to the scene as well. Thespill was detected quickly and turn-off valves
were activated causing the accident not toget any worse.
This bill is a response to this situation,which would increase the penalties for neg-ligence regarding the underground pipe-lines. This bill would update the penalties,which were first enacted decades ago. Thepenalties would increase from $1000 to$5000 for the first offense and from $7500to $15,000 for each succeeding offense.
“Bringing the penalties up to date wouldensure the safety of Western Queens” saidAssemblywoman Catherine Nolan.
Nolan, CM Van Bramer and QueensCommunity Board 2 Chairman, JosephConley developed the legislation as a re-sult of a meeting after the 2009 incident.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 5(continued from front page)
Love Is In The Air
Things you can do:-Turn off your TV and leave the house
(sounds better when it fs not 20 degreesoutside)!
-Help create an inviting neighborhood-look up when you fre walking. Get to knowyour neighbors.
-Say hello to a stranger. By having afriendly community it becomes more invitingfor people to patronize the businesses in it.
-When you vote always look for can-didates that truly want to support smallbusinesses. This has nothing to do withparty affiliation.
-When you have an opportunity to choosea small, independent business for a pur-chase, please make that choice. They needyour support. With your local purchase, youare doing your part in helping to improvetheir sales, which eventually enriches yourneighborhood, creating more business,which creates more local jobs.
WHO’S NEXT?!(continued from front page)
Attorneys-At-LawMARC CRAWFORD LEAVITT
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File No. 2004-2023ASURROGATE’S COURT –QUEENS COUNTY CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK By the Grace ofGod Free and Independent TO:PHILIP SASSO if living and ifdead, to his heirs at law, next ofkin and distributees whose namesand places of residence areunknown and if he died subsequentto the decedent herein, to hisexecutors, administrators,
Postmaster General, PatrickDonohoe, recently announced thatthe Postal Service would be elimi-nating Saturday mail delivery be-ginning August 5,2013. He beganhis announcement by saying thatthe elimination of service wouldsave the Postal Service $ 2 Billion.When questioned by a Senate panelthis week, Postmaster Donohoecould not accurately identify thecost savings and could not answerhow the Postal Service could pos-sibly grow and expand the Postalbusiness by eliminating 17% ofthe business and laying off close to80,000 employees. National Asso-ciation of Letter Carriers (NALC)Branch 294 and its President, TonyPaolillo, which representsWoodside Post Office along with20 other stations in Flushing, havebeen fighting to tell the real storybehind the Postmaster General’sannouncement and where theblame lies.
Below is a letter written byNALC National President, FredRolando, who addresses the PMG’sassertions and questions his lead-ership and his motives.NALC President Rolando
responds to Donahoe• PMG to Congress: Out of the
way, I’m ending Saturday delivery• NALC to PMG: Not without
a fight!Feb. 7, 2013 — Postmaster
General Pat Donahoe’s unilateraland brazen plan to end Saturdaymail delivery in August led manyreporters at a press conference yes-terday to question its legality, givenCongress’ 30-year legislated policyto mandate six-day delivery.Donahoe was vague and evasive inresponding. The PMG also made anumber of claims about employeesupport for his plan. National As-sociation of Letter Carriers Presi-dent Fredric Rolando issued thefollowing statement in response:
The PMG didn’t equivocatewhen he talked to me before un-leashing a sneak attack on thenation’s postal customers, lettercarriers and mailers who rely onSaturday delivery. He told me heplans to go ahead with his service-and job-killing plan, even if Con-gress extends next month the con-tinuing resolution that mandatesSaturday delivery. He’s essentially
telling Congress to “Drop dead!”He is presuming the right to over-ride the will of America’s electedrepresentatives.
Congress cannot let him getaway with this arrogant powergrab—not only because it will drivemore business away and do irrepa-rable harm to the Postal Service,but also because it will set the stagefor a move to four-day and three-day delivery in the years ahead.
Donahoe told reporters that hetalked to me before yesterday’sannouncement and suggested thatletter carriers and other postal em-ployees are “fully supportive” ofhis plan. This is completely false.Let me respond to both points.
He did talk to me 18 hoursbefore going public, but I made itabsolutely clear that letter carri-ers totally oppose this destructiveplan. I told him directly that weconsider this an attack on lettercarriers, the Postal Service’s cus-tomers and the American public,not to mention an affront to Con-gress. I informed him that I woulddirect our lawyers to take the mostaggressive action possible tothwart his reckless plan.
Donahoe’s claim that postalemployees support his self-de-structive downsizing plan isplainly untrue—every union hasannounced its opposition. If he istruly willing to be guided by theviews of the nation’s letter carri-ers, NALC would gladly agree tojointly commission a carrier pollon this matter, so long as the PMGis willing to be bound by the re-sults. Otherwise, he should notarrogantly presume to speak forAmerica’s letter carriers.
More than 90 percent of let-ter carriers voluntarily belongto the NALC; we are confidentthat they know what’s best forthe Postal Service and its cus-tomers. They know whatDonahoe seems not to under-stand: Slowing mail service andslashing service is not a win-ning business strategy.
Letter carriers, thecore workforce ofthe United States
Postal Service, havelost confidence in
Postmaster GeneralDonahoe. It is time
for him to go.
legatees, devisees, assignees andsuccessors in interest whose nameand places of residence areunknown and to all other heirs atlaw, next of kin and distributeesof Josephine Scannell , thedecedent herein, whose names andplaces of residence are unknownand cannot after diligent inquirybe ascertained. An amendedpetition for probate and letterstestamentary having been dulyfiled by Virginia Gibbia, who is
domiciled at 25580 Heritage LakeBlvd., Punta Gorda, Florida 33983.YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court , QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York,on March 14, 2013, at 9:30o’clock in the fore noon of thatday, why a decree should not bemade in the estate of JosephineScannell a/k/a Josephine M.Scannell, lately domiciled at 38-
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Of Bishops, Knights And Kings
Top:Chess merit badge counselor John Sammon (4th from right) and Troop 390 Scouts
(standing L-R: Christopher P., Eddie A., Miguel V., Bladimir R., Sean L., Orville R., Daniel L.)
pause for a picture during one of the championship matches between Jeremiah M. and Devinn
P. (seated left to right). Camera shy: Scoutmaster Eduardo Avila (taking more photos).
Middle: John Sammon looks on as Daniel L. and Devinn P. play during the best of three
matches in the second round of Troop 390’s Chess tournament and merit badge session.
Bottom: Tenderfoot Scout Miguel V. (right) stares intensely at Tenderfoot Scout Jeremiah M.
as he pondered his next move during the first round of the tournament.
by Peter Ross
With gifts already opened andthe New Year still a few days awaythe Boy Scouts of Troop 390 de-parted of their electronic gadgetsand took to a more mental pursuit.On December 28th they gathered atthe John V. Daniels VFW Post #2813 Hall here in Woodside for aChess tournament and merit badgesession. Overseen by Chess Coun-selor John Sammon and Scout-master Eduardo Avila the boysbroke out their boards and playingpieces and played a bracketed se-ries of elimination matches con-sisting of a best of three first round,a single elimination second round
and a round robin championshipround. Unfortunately due to timeconstraints and leisurely playthroughout the morning the roundrobin could not be finished and onemore match (between Devinn P.and relatively newcomer to thegame Bladimir R.) awaits play topotentially crown an overall victoror declare a three way draw (withJeremiah M). In between matchesand awaiting completion of thebrackets Counselor John Sammonspoke with and tested the boys onchess nomenclature, game sce-narios, recognizing checkmate situ-ations and draws, proper move-ments, game strategy and plan-ning, and chess etiquette. In all it
was a very stimulating and enjoy-able day for all the boys even to thepoint of one pair dumping use of anelectronic/virtual chess board forthe real thing hands on. It seemsthere is hope for the younger gen-eration yet! A big thank you goesout from the Troop to Mr. Sammonfor taking his time and assistingthem to learn more about the gameand strategy and to Mr. Avila andthe VFW Post for setting up andallowing the boys use of their fa-cility for the tournament.
Troop 390 meets weekly onFriday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00PM in the auditorium of St. TeresaRC Church on 50th Avenue between 44th and 45th Street. The program is open to all boys ages 10.5 to 17 yearsold and a lot of outdoor activity is planned for the coming months. For more information contact ScoutmasterEduardo Avila at 646-808-4665. For younger boys ages 6 to 10 years old check out Cub Scout Pack 390which meets at 6:00 to 7:00 PM also in the auditorium at St. Teresa (contact Cubmaster Marvin Jeffcoat at917-416-7352). A new Venturing Crew has also just started for boys and girls (CO-ED!) looking for highadventure at St. Stanislaus Kostka RC Church at 57-15 61st Street in Maspeth, Queens. For more informationcontact John Sammon at 917-561-4166. Their first camping trip is coming up soon so contact him now formore information!
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by Rob MacKay
To express gratitude for thePTA’s many wonderful recentactivities, the Corona Commu-nity Action Network donated$300 to P.S. 16 on Feb. 15. Thefunds will be used for improve-ments to the 104th Streetschool’s library. The merchantgroup raised the money duringits Holiday Festival at CoronaPlaza this past December, whenthe PTA facilitated story-tell-ing and other educational ac-tivities to children. The four-day event, which featured a tree-lighting, live performances andcountless street vendors, cel-ebrated the newly renovatedCorona Plaza. Seen in photo are(from left) Parent CoordinatorMartha Jimenez-Vasquez, PS16 PTA President TK, CoronaCAN President Ruben Peña andRicardi Calixte, director ofneighborhood development atthe Queens Economic Devel-opment Corporation.
The Queens Tourism Counciland Applebee’s donated $1,500to the Rockaway Waterfront Al-liance on Jan. 25 to support themulti-faceted nonprofit’s effortsto revitalize the Rockaways afterHurricane Sandy.
The money was raised via“Breakfast with Santa,” an eventthat took place at the Applebee’sbranches in Astoria, Bayside,Fresh Meadows and Rego Parkon Dec. 22, 2012. Patrons paid$10 for a complete buffet break-fast and the chance to spend sometime with St. Nick. QTC was aco-sponsor, and all the proceedswent to RWA.
RWA was one of the firstnonprofits to respond to Hurri-cane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012.Volunteers began givinghomebound residents hot mealsand providing emergency foodand clothing from Firehouse 59on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.They then delivered care pack-ages of emergency supplies door-to- door along Rockaway Penin-sula and in public housingprojects. After the emergencyphase, RWA assisted with large-scale clean ups, clearing streetsof washed out cars, removing
mountains of sand and debris andassisting businesses andhomeowners in digging out theirproperties. In the future, the groupwill work with the local commu-nity on educational initiatives andplanning efforts to rebuild theRockaway Peninsula as a moreenvironmentally resilient water-front community.
Photo: Seen presenting the
$1,500 check at the RockawayHip Hop Community Garden nearFirehouse 59 are (from left) SethBornstein, executive director ofthe Queens Economic Develop-ment Corporation, which handlesoperations for QTC; SharonValzer, area director for AppleMetro, NY Metro Applebee’sFranchisee; and Jeanne DuPont,president of RWA.
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THEME: OSCARS
*Answers ForThis Weeks Issue
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ACROSS1. *The knight on the Oscar statu-ette holds one6. *Possible best director9. Sound of passing bullet?13. Taekwondo country14. ___ of Good Feelings15. Twofold16. Relating to Quechuan people17. Energy unit18. To set someone free19. Bruce Wayne’s Batman, e.g.21. *Historical drama and Os-car nominee23. Feline cry24. Secretary, e.g.25. a.k.a. American Gas Association28. Cleanse30. Gather, as in courage, e.g.35. Make fun of37. Lord’s worker39. *Controversial speech-makingdirector (2003)40. Aware of41. They itch43. *Singing nominee44. Apartments, e.g.46. Bank claim47. “____ in full”48. Petered out50. Put in the hold52. Grazing land53. *Vanity Fair holds a big one onOscar night55. ___ sheet57. *Western director nominee61. *”Cloud _____,” snubbed bythe Academy63. Justin Timberlake’s “_____ theEnd of Time”64. Under the weather66. 1.75 pints69. “Time is money,” e.g.70. Adam & Eve used its leaves forcovering71. Silly and insignificant72. Comedy Central’s “____.O”
73. Drug approver74. Throat infection
DOWN1. Often used with “bum”2. *Got an Oscar3. Shamu, e.g.4. King’s domain5. *President portrayer6. *Ang and Spike, e.g.7. Get it wrong8. Bald symbol9. Dietary mineral10. Division word11. Nervous biter’s victim12. Hidden valley15. Hogwash20. Flooded22. Any doctrine24. Ascetic Muslim monk25. *Love26. Going to27. *Cooper and Lawrence ___ __“Silver Linings Playbook”29. Wedding cover31. Daytime TV offering32. Relating to tone33. Bert’s roommate34. High-pitched36. Japanese string instrument38. Three of these in a yard42. Horse or pig sound45. Difficult to detect by the mind49. ___ chi51. *Youngest ever nominee54. Sense an odor56. Colorful spread57. African tea58. Backward arrow command59. Greek H’s60. Not far distant in time, space ordegree61. Aquatic plant62. *Like most in attendance at theOscars65. Manhole cover67. WSW opposite68. One in a set
The Chinese Lunar New Year and Black History Month are stillalive and kicking in Queens. This upcoming week includes Pekingacrobats, kung fu events, jazz and gospel concerts and an African dancecelebration. But there’s also live Irish, Greek and classical music, apop-up, artisan food market, ballet and community theater. Here’s therundown.
Feb. 22-23, Skimming the Surface @ 8pm; Feb. 24 @ 5pmValerie Green/Dance Entropy presents dance featuring repertory favorites alongside premiere works in
celebration of the company’s 15th anniversary season. The action centers around a table and 24 knives. $20at door/$15 presale. Green Space, 37-24 24th St., LIC, (718) 956-3037
Feb. 22, Irish Music and Dancing with Donie Carroll and friends7:30pm for cocktail hour, 8:30pm for showtime
From County Cork to Long Island City. $15. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., LIC
Feb. 23, Pui Chan, Kung Fu Pioneer @ 3pm
A special screening and live event devoted to legendary kung fu grandmaster Pui Chan. His daughter, MimiChan, directed the film and she will appear in person at the screening with special guests who will performa traditional Chinese lion dance. Free with $12 admission. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave.,Astoria, (718) 777-6800,
Feb. 23, Tribute to Nikos Xylouris with Panos Bousalisand the Greek Culture Center’s Choir @ 6:30pm
$45/$35/$25. Frank Sinatra School of Arts, 35-12 35th Ave, Astoria, (718) 726-7329
Feb. 23, Fundraiser for Sandy Hook Victim’s Family, 5pmSunnyside native Ben Wheeler was among the victims in the Sandy Hook
Elementary shootings on Dec. 14, 2012. Friends of the Wheeler family host abenefit for them. Sunnyside Community Services Center, 43-31 39th St.,
Queens County Market is a collection of vendors sharing one common theme: food! Buy and sample goodsfrom bakers, chefs and other culinary entrepreneurs. Sac’s Place, 25-41 Broadway, Astoria,[email protected]
