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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

VOL. 76, NO. 46 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010 25 CENTS

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GRAFFITI FIGHTING COUPLE IN WOODSIDEBy Shannon Carlin

If Joe McGowan sees graffiti, he takescare of it right away. Whether it’s on thelamppost or the mailbox or his neighbor’sgarage door. On at least one occasionMcGowan’s gone out at 5 o’clock in themorning to remove something. Even thoughhe missed a few spots in the darkness, hesays to stop graffiti you have to take it downimmediately.

“It’s like that game Win For Life, ‘Youkeep living, we’ll keep paying,’“ McGowanexplains. “Well, they keep writing and Ikeep taking it off.”

Since 1974, Joe and his wife, Theresahave lived in the same house on 60th Street inWoodside. They’ve dedicated themselvesto cleaning up their neighborhood by takingtime to do the little things like sweeping uptheir street, requesting better garbage cansand planting flowers in the spring. Thoughit’s a 24-hour, 7-days a week volunteer job,the couple, who are now in their 60s, arehappy to do it. Especially if it means they

can be proud of where they live, somethingTheresa says is a direct effect of growing uppoor in Ireland. “We just appreciate every-thing that we have worked for,” she said.“And we work really hard to keep it.”

In recent years, the McGowan’s felt likeWoodside had been neglected. It seemedlike there was never any funding or likepeople just didn’t care to clean up afterthemselves. But Theresa is hopeful thatCouncilman Jimmy Van Bramer can helpturn things around.

By the spring, she’d like to see a blockassociation start up. Not just to help controlthe graffiti, a consistent problem in the area,but a chance to bring everyone in the com-munity together. “Just 15 minutes each daycould help make things better for our kidsand grandkids,” Theresa said.

In the meantime, Joe will keep working.Painting over any graffiti he sees as soon ashe sees it. “Someone has to give in at theend,” he says. “And I won’t give up.”

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LOCAL SCOUTS TOUR AROUNDNORTHWEST QUEENS

By Peter Ross, Photos by Thomas Varga

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This fall season Boy Scout Troop 390 of the Sunnyside-Woodside area has been sightedall over Northwest Queens, coming off of a very well attended summer camp stint in mid-August. Eleven boys, a record number for the re-instituted Troop, attended Summer Campat Aquehonga Camp on the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Reservation with the PathfinderDistrict Troop led by Scoutmaster Gordon Bennett. The boys, half of whom were attendingfor the first time and all for only one week, were able to complete 9 merit badges includingArchery, Athletics, Pioneering, Environmental Science, Wilderness Survival and ShotgunShooting and 27 partials in a variety of other subject areas.

Troop 390 and the multitude of water filled cups they prepared for the runners of theNew York City Marathon.

SUNNYSIDE SHINESLIGHTS UP THE STREETS

On Tuesday, November 16th Community members along with Community Leadersjoined Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District for their annual holiday streetlighting ceremony on Greenpoint Avenue. Each year, Sunnyside Shines brings festiveholiday lights to sections of Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue. The HolidayLighting Ceremony was kicked off with a special performance by the Sunnyside DrumCorps and concluded with an official flicking of a the switch, which illuminated GreenpointAvenue with the words, “Welcome to Sunnyside.”

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FROM SHIST TO SHINING SEABy Patricia Dorfman, Photos by Luke Adams

Take Steps to Help “Immunize” Your PortfolioNow that winter is almost

here, you probably see “Flu ShotsAvailable” signs at many of yourlocal pharmacies. Whether or notyou decide to get a flu shot de-pends on your individual situa-tion, of course, but you may ben-efit from the idea of immuniza-tion in other areas of your life —such as your investments.

Specifically, you may wantto help “immunize” your port-folio, as much as possible,against some of the volatilitywe’ve seen in the financial mar-kets over the past couple of years.How can you do this? Here are afew suggestions:

Diversify, diversify, diver-sify. If you were to only ownstocks, your portfolio would, attimes, see some big gains — butat other times, you’d take somebig hits. If you just owned bonds,you’d probably see fewer fluc-tuations than if you just ownedstocks — but you’d almost cer-tainly never get the gains youneed to help achieve your goals.If you kept all your money incash instruments, you’d protectyour principal, but you’d even-tually lose ground to inflation.In short, you can’t succeed as aninvestor by putting all yourmoney in one type of asset. Youneed to spread your resourcesamong stocks, bonds, and cash

investments. And even withineach of these categories, youneed to diversify. For example,try to own a mixture of growthstocks and income-producingstocks; short-term and long-termbonds; and a variety of cash in-struments. While diversification,by itself, can’t guarantee profitsor protect against loss, it cangive you opportunities for po-tential success and help shieldyou from severe downturns that,at any given time, primarily af-fect just one asset class.

Know your risk tolerance. Ifyou frequently find yourself sur-prised, or perhaps dismayed, atthe fluctuations in your portfo-lio, you may be overestimatingyour risk tolerance. If you fa-miliarize yourself with your in-vestments before you buy them— and you should — then youprobably shouldn’t be surprisedat how they perform. So, if youown growth-oriented stocks,you need to accept the inevi-table short-term volatility in ex-change for potential gains overthe long term. But if you’re con-stantly worried over temporarysetbacks, you may be taking ontoo much risk for your comfortlevel. If this happens, you mayneed to rebalance your portfo-lio to better accommodate yourtrue risk tolerance.

Maintain adequate cash re-serves. Having sufficient cashin your portfolio can help youcombat volatility in at least twoways. First, since cash essen-tially doesn’t fluctuate in price— though it may lose value overtime, relative to inflation — itsvery presence can help stabilizeyour portfolio. And second, ifyou have enough cash in yourinvestment mix, you may be lesslikely to dip into your long-terminvestments to pay for short-term needs, such as a major carrepair, a new furnace and so on— and the less you disrupt yourinvestments, the more progressyou can make toward your goals.

It’s not possible to fullyshield your investments fromvolatility all the time. But bytaking the steps describedabove, and by maintaining along-term perspective, you canstrengthen your portfolio’s re-sistance, and improve your ownresponses, to the effects of pricefluctuations. And that’s ahealthy way to invest.

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Ira Greenberg with President of MTA Capital Construction,Michael Horodniceanu.

BIGWIG FROM BIG RIGDIG: The November 9 Luncheonspeaker Michael Horodniceanu,Pres. of Metropolitan Transporta-tion Authority (MTA) Capital Con-struction. Horodniceanu, a notedscholar of engineering, displayedan admirable boyish fascinationwith his task, which is excavatingthe largest underground mined fa-cility ever in the US. East SideAccess is the rail project furtherlinking Grand Central Station andQueens, with 1,225 million cubicyards of excavated rock & soil com-ing out, 60,000 tons of steel &390,000 cubic yards of concretegoing in, and featuring gigantictunneling machines resembling sci-ence fiction. A reduction of auto-mobile travel is estimated at a pos-sible 500,000 miles per day withassociated decrease in pollution.

SO LONG SUNNYSIDE STA-TION??: Guests at the monthlyevery-2nd-Tuesday luncheons atDazies Restaurant learned thatSunnyside Station, the terminal tobe at the Queens Boulevard Bridgebetween Skillman and QueensPlaza is no longer part of East SideAccess. The project is scheduled tocomplete in 2016 at a cost of 7.6billion dollars. Reasons for jetti-soning the local station were bud-get cuts and lack of nearby need.

Ira Greenberg, Chamber Presi-dent noted after the meeting thatthis station is necessary in order forthe greater Long Island City/Sunnyside area to reach its fullpotential. “With all the plannedcommercial and business develop-

ment in Long Island City a LongIsland Rail Road station wouldmake sense as this part of the city isfastly becoming a downtown.Direct rail access using the capac-ity of the LIRR could reduce thetraffic congestion resulting fromthe increases development,” saidGreenberg who is also a member ofthe MTA Board. “The need maybe a few years off but we should beadvocating for funding now to buildthis station.”

(This author’s opinion is thatwhile this means that we will loseout on being the second hub ofLIRR, Amtrak, and the MTA, weput off worrying about the possibledownside of a massive station; morecongestion, infrastructure strain andthose alarming rumors of buildingover the historic Sunnyside Yards.)

OUR OWN WONDER OFTHE WORLD: Sunnysiders andWoodsiders have become as blaséas Manhattanites about this amaz-ing feat of engineering occurring140 feet below. The bowtied andprofessorial Mr. Horodniceanu de-scribed creative problem solvingneeded as the project continues asplans meet the reality. Engineershave devised a nifty solution tobuilding through the softer earthunder a portion of underneathNorthern Boulevard; freezing ofbrine in a network of undergroundpipes in order to stabilize the earthlong enough to build tunnelsthrough it. (We hope on defrostingday, we have all said our prayers.)The Sunnyside Chamber wangleda promise of an underground tour

for the winner of Chamber “RailTour” launch contest, which oc-curring in 2011. For more informa-tion on East Side Access, see http://www.mta.info/capconstr/esas/construction_update.htm

KEEPING TO THE NORWE-GIAN THEME: Also guest speak-ing were Sandy D’Gabriel of CarberTravel and Meg Daly, a charmingbooster for Norwegian Cruise line(Mr. Horodniceanu was born inNorway.) Former Don Bar Travelagent, now Marketing Director LukeAdams is putting an August 21fundraising cruise to Bermuda to-gether and Lily Gavin and RigoCardoso have already signed up. Irajoked that the cruise ship the Nor-wegian Gem is so big that even “ifyou want to go on the cruise butavoid other Chamber members, itwill be possible.” The most power-ful lure for those considering thecruise is one Ms. Daly noted; unlikethe current exhausting drill of airtravel, your vacation will begin theinstant you have boarded in NYC.

SOCIAL NETWORKINGFOR DUMMIES: Continuing theprevious Chamber topic fromShawn Slevin, local social mediaguru Amy Manning has volunteeredto address the chamber on how busi-nesses can promote through venuessuch as Facebook and Twitter.Many of our businesses alreadysuccessfully employ those meth-ods, and Amy as guest speaker willgive the rest of us a class. CarolynMaloney is scheduled to speak atthe January 8 Luncheon.

Sandy D’ Gabriel from Carber Travel, new Chamber member RealtorSwain Weiner of Massey Knakal, Lily Gavin, & Ira Greenberg.Seated: Meg Daly, NCL Cruise Line & Patricia Dorfman.



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September saw the official start of theTroop program year and a visit for the firsttime in years by the Troop to the LaGuardiaKiwanis Club’s Kids Day Event held atLaGuardia Airport where the boys had achance to climb aboard a number of differentaircraft and emergency vehicles and speak toPolice, Fire, EMS, military and airport per-sonnel who operate these apparatus.

October was a busy month for the boysbeginning with October 2nd and the set-up,clean up and beverage table operation dur-ing the Feast of St. Teresa Dinner/Socialheld at the Troop’s home base, St. Teresa’sRC Church in Woodside.

The following week-end saw the scoutsroughing it up at Alpine Scout Camp inAlpine, New Jersey where they worked onvarious scout skills while having a generalgood time close to nature. Scout skills andtime out in nature were again the theme onthe 16th at Forest Park in Richmond Hill,Queens, where Troop 390 attended the 10th

Annual Queens Borough Orienteering Eventhosted by Troop 17 and longtime Scoutingstalwart Ralph DeFalco and his crew. Vari-ous short sessions were held in the morningon map reading, compass and orienteeringbasics, and GPS caching (introduced byJohn Pritchard) in preparation for the three-orienteering courses, which were laid outthroughout the park. The courses ranged

Local Scouts Tour AroundNorthwest Queens

By Peter Ross, Photos by Thomas Varga

Scout Leader John Pritchard explains the basics of the GPS unit during the Geocachinglearning session.

The Scouts just chillin’ in the playgroundafter a successful day on theOrienteering course.

from 2.0 to 3.7 kilometers in length, with a60-meter elevation and between 10 and 12control points per course. The “390 boys”,split into two groups, were the only ones tochallenge the Orange course, the hardestoffered that day. The younger boys beat outthe more experienced scouts on this dayshowing that on any given day anyone canprevail with the proper patience, a good setof eyes, avoiding that one “wrong turnaround”, and not running past the controlpoints (literally).

November 7th found members of theAmerican Bulldog, Dragon and FlamingGriffin Patrols joining a larger group ofScouts and other volunteer groups in LongIsland City for the Queens leg of the YorkCity Marathon. Placed between the Pulaskiand Queensborough bridges, the scouts andother volunteers cheered on the runners andmanned the major water station circa mile14 of the event as the bulk of the runnerspassed by to complete their 26.2-mile trek.Ponchos, T-shirts and other items were givento the boys as thanks for their participationin this annual extravaganza. Looking aheadfor the Troop to the end of the year are apossible overnight camping trip to PouchScout Camp in Staten Island, an ice skatingtrip in Bryant Park, the St. Teresa’s HolidayTree Lighting Event, and their semi-annualAwards Ceremony/Parents Night.

Boy Scout Troop 390 invites all boysages 10 Ω to 17 years old to come join.Troop 390 meets Friday nights from 7:00P.M. to 9:00 P.M. in the auditorium of St.Teresa’s RC Church, located at 50-20 45th

Street in Woodside, Queens. For moreinformation on the Boy Scout program orhow to join Troop 390 please stop by ourFriday meetings or contact ScoutmasterEduardo Avila at (646) 808-4665 for de-tails. For those younger boys, ages 7 through10 years old check out our sister group, CubScout Pack 390 that meets in the gymnasiumof St. Teresa’s church from 7:00 P.M. to8:00 P.M. on Tuesday evenings. For moreinformation on the Cub Pack please contactMarvin Jeffcoat, Cubmaster, at (917) 416-7352. We also encourage anyone thinkingof joining the Boy Scouts or curious aboutthe program to visit the Adventure Base 100Interactive Exhibit which will be held on thePier next to the Intrepid Sea, Air and SpaceMuseum on November 26th through No-vember 28th, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.The event will be free but you will have to gothrough Intrepid Security to access the siteand admission to the Intrepid Museum is notincluded. For more information about thistraveling base camp exhibit visit the websitewww.adventurebase100.org.


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CITATION File No. 2010-551SURROGATE’S COURT,Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLEOF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Free andIndependent TO: GUDRUNSPIES, INGEBORGREICHARDT, ERIKASTEINHAUSER, HILDEGARDNESTELE, MANFREDKIMMERLE, and the Publicadministrator, Queens County and“To the heirs at law, next of kin,and distributes of James P.VonFalke, deceased, if living, andif any of them be dead to theirheirs at law, next of kin,distributes, legatees, executors,administrators, assignees andsuccessors in interest whose namesare unknown and cannot beascertained after due diligence; Apetition having been duly filed byROGER MARX who is/aredomiciled at 33 MARY STREET,VALLEY STREAM, New York11580 YOU ARE HEREBYCITED TO SHOW CAUSE beforethe Surrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 SUTPHINBLVD, Jamaica, New York, onDecember 16, 2010, at 9:30o’clock in the forenoon of thatday, why a decree should not bemade in the estate of JAMES PVONFALKE, aka JAMESVONFALKE, JAMES VONFALKE lately domiciled at 135-12 124th STREET, SOUTHOZONE PARK, New York11420, United States admitting toprobate a Will dated August 12,2003 a copy of which is attached,as the Will of JAMES PVONKALKE deceased, relatingto real and personal property, anddirecting that: LettersTestamentary issue to ROGERMARX Dated, Attested andSealed, Oct 27 2010 HON.ROBERT L. NAHMANSurrogate, MARGARET MGRIBBON Chief Clerk JAMES RREISER ATTORNEY AT LAW109-19 JAMAICA AVE,RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418(718) 849-0302 NOTE: Thiscitation is served upon you asrequired to appear. If you fail toappear it will be assumed you donot object to the relief requested.You have a right to have anattorney appear for you. 11/5/10,11/12/10, 11/19/10, 11/26/10

File No.: 2003-3942/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT To: AlbertCristofano, Attorney General ofthe State of New York, Theunknown distributees, legatees,devisees, heirs at law andassignees of LORENZOCARULLO, deceased, or theirestates, if any there be, whosenames, places of residence andpost office addresses are unknownto the petitioner and cannot withdue diligence be ascertained.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate ofLORENZO CARULLO,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 40-26 76th Street,Elmhurst, in the County of Queens,State of New York. SENDGREETING: Upon the petition ofLOIS M. ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11

Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofLORENZO CARULLO,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the13th day of JANUARY, 2011 at9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, whythe Account of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of theEstate of said deceased, a copy ofwhich is attached, should not bejudicially settled, and why theSurrogate should not fix and allowa reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $704.02and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whyeach of you claiming to be adistributee of the decedent shouldnot establish proof of your kinship;and why the balance of said fundsshould not be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship,Dated, Attested and Sealed 5thday of November, 2010 HON.ROBERT L. NAHMANSurrogate, Queens CountyMARGARET M. GRIBBONClerk of the Surrogate’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park,New York 11374 This citation isserved upon you as required bylaw. You are not obliged to appearin person. If you fail to appear itwill be assumed that you do notobject to the relief requested unlessyou file formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appear foryou. Accounting Citation 11/12/10, 11/19/10, 11/26/10, 12/3/10

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OFOBJECT OF ACTION STATE OFNEW YORK SUPREMECOURT: COUNTY OF QUEENSACTION TO FORECLOSE AMORTGAGE INDEX NO.:15093/10 WACHOVIAMORTGAGE CORPORATIONPlaintiff, vs. MOHAMED W.SALIM, ET., AL. Defendant(s).MORTGAGED PREMISES: 120-44 142ND PLACE JAMAICA,NY 11436 SBL #: BLOCK 12035

File No.: 2009-75/E CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK BY THE GRACEOF GOD, FREE ANDINDEPENDENT To: CarolSimons, Leonard Simons, OlgaFromen, Deana Kovacs, RonaldKovacs, Linda Cassiday, LuzCaraballo, M&M, RecoveryServices, LLC For ElmhurstHospital, Woodcrest rehabilitationCenter, GC Services LimitedPartnership, Collecting AgencyDivision For Sallie Mae, Inc.,Attorney General of the State ofNew York The unknowndistributees, legatees, devisees,heirs at law and assignees ofPETER WERBOWSKY,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of PETER WERBOWSKY,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 35-51 85th Street,Jackson Heights, in the County ofQueens, State of New York. SENDGREETING: Upon the petition ofLOIS M. ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator C.T.A of theEstate of PETER WERBOWSKY,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the 16day of December, 2010 at 9:30o’clock in the forenoon, why theAccount of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of theEstate of said deceased, a copy ofwhich is attached, should not bejudicially settled, and why theSurrogate should not fix and allowa reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $1,863.94and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why

LOT 44 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: You arehereby summoned to answer theComplaint in this action, and toserve a copy of your answer, or, ifthe Complaint is not served withthis Summons, to serve a notice ofappearance, on the Plaintiff(s)attorney(s) within twenty daysafter the service of this Summons,exclusive of the day of service (orwithin 30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons is notpersonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York). In case ofyour failure to appear or answer,judgment will be taken against youby default for the relief demandedin the Complaint. The Attorneyfor Plaintiff has an office forbusiness in the County of Erie.Trial to be held in the County ofQueens. The basis of the venuedesignated above is the locationof the Mortgaged Premises. Datedthis 27th day of October, 2010,TO: MOHAMED W. SALIM,Defendant(s) In this Action. Theforegoing Summons is servedupon you by publication, pursuantto an order of HON. CHARLES J.MARKEY of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York, datedthe 19th day of October, 2010 andfiled with the Complaint in theOffice of the Queens CountyClerk, in the City of Jamaica. Theobject of this action is to foreclosea mortgage upon the premisesdescribed below, executed byMOHAMED W. SALIM dated the3rd day of August, 2007, to securethe sum of $290,000.00 andrecorded at Instrument No.2007000513596 in the Office ofthe City Register of the City ofNew York, on the 10th day ofOctober, 2007; which mortgagewas duly assigned by assignmentdated the 9th day of June, 2010and sent to be recorded in theOffice of the City Register of theCity of New York. The propertyin question is described as follows:120-44 142ND PLACE,JAMAICA, NY 11436 SEEFOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONBlock 12035 and Lot 44 ALL thatcertain plot, piece or parcel ofland, with the buildings andimprovements thereon erected,situate, lying and being in theBorough of Queens, County ofQueens, City and State of NewYork, shown and designated asand by Lot No. 31 in Block 8 on acertain Map entitled “Map ofSouth Ozone Park SecondAddition, 902, Lots, SurveyedFebruary, 1908 by Peter ElbertNorstrand and George B. Boomer,C.E. and C.S.” and filed April 9,1908 as Map No. 841, boundedand described as follows:BEGINNING at a point on theWesterly side of 142nd Place, adistant 104.35 feet Northerly fromthe corner formed by theintersection of the Westerly sideof 142nd Place and the Northerlyside of 123rd Avenue; RUNNINGTHENCE Westerly at right anglesto 142nd Place, 100 feet; THENCENortherly parallel with 142ndPlace, 20 feet; THENCE Easterlyagain at right angles to 142ndPlace, 100 feet to the Westerlyside of 142nd Place; THENCESoutherly along the Westerly sideof 142nd Place, 20 feet to the pointor place of BEGINNING.Premises known as 120-44 142nd

Place, Jamaica, New York HELPFOR HOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY. SUMMONS ANDCOMPLAINT YOU ARE INDANGER OF LOSING YOURHOME. IF YOU FAIL TORESPOND TO THE SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT IN THISFORECLOSURE ACTION, YOUMAY LOSE YOUR HOME.PLEASE READ THESUMMONS AND COMPLAINTCAREFULLY. YOU SHOULDIMMEDIATELY CONTACT ANATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCALLEGAL AID OFFICE TOOBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TOPROTECT YOURSELF.SOURCES OF INFORMATIONAND ASSISTANCE The stateencourages you to becomeinformed about your options inforeclosure. In addition to seekingassistance from an attorney or legalaid office, there are governmentagencies and non-profitorganizations that you may contactfor information about possibleoptions, including trying to workwith your lender during thisprocess. To locate an entity nearyou, you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by the NewYork State Banking Departmentat 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’swebsite atWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of people whoapproach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individualswho watch for notices offoreclosure actions in order tounfairly profit from ahomeowner’s distress. You shouldbe extremely careful about anysuch promises and any suggestionsthat you pay them a fee or signover your deed. State law requiresanyone offering such services forprofit to enter into a contract whichfully describes the services theywill perform and fees they willcharge, and which prohibits themfrom taking any money from youuntil they have completed all suchpromised services. § 1303NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE INDANGER OF LOSING YOURHOME If you do not respond tothis summons and complaint byserving a copy of the answer onthe attorney for the mortgagecompany who fi led thisforeclosure proceeding againstyou and filing the answer with thecourt, a default judgment may beentered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorney or goto the court where your case ispending for further informationon how to answer the summonsand protect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisforeclosure action. YOU MUSTRESPOND BY SERVING ACOPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING THEANSWER WITH THE COURT.DATED: October 27, 2010 StevenJ. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway Suite G, Amherst, NY

14228 The law firm of Steven J.Baum, P.C. and the attorneyswhom it employs are debtcollectors who are attempting tocollect a debt. Any informationobtained by them will be used forthat purpose. 11/12/10, 11/19/10,11/26/10, 12/3/10



WELCOME HOME

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE FACTSby RITA LOWRY

RUMMAGE SALESaturday, November 20th

10AM to 3PMFor more information, call 718 784-8031

All Saints’ Church at 43-12 46 Street, Sunnyside

the claims from M&M RecoveryServices, LLC in the amount of$400.00 and WoodcrestRehabilitation Center in theamount of $10,206.00 and GCServices Limited Partnership inthe amount of $49,426.55 shouldnot be paid pro-rata; and why theLast Will & Testament dated April4, 2005 should not be admitted toprobate. Dated, Attested andSealed 27 day of October, 2010HON. ROBERT L. NAHMANSurrogate, Queens CountyMARGARET M. GRIBBONClerk of the Surrogate’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000 95-25 QueensBoulevard 11th Floor Rego Park,New York 11374 This citation isserved upon you as required bylaw. You are not obliged to appearin person. If you fail to appear itwill be assumed that you do notobject to the relief requested unlessyou file formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appear foryou. Accounting Citation 11/12/10, 11/19/10, 11/26/10, 12/3/10

The following letters are theopinions of its author and not

necessarily those of theWoodside Herald.

Letters To

The Editor

PROBATE CITATION File No:2010-2786 SURROGATE’SCOURT - QUEENS COUNTYC IT A T I O N The People of theState of New York By the Graceof God Free and Independent To:Little Flower Children & FamilyServices of NY f/k/a Little FlowerChildren Services of NY, Inc.Attorney General of the State ofNew York the unknown heirs atlaw, next of kin, and distributeesof Maria A. Lao, deceased, ifliving, and if any of them be deadto their heirs at law, next of kin,distributees, legatees, executors,administrators, assignees andsuccessors in interest whosenames, are unknown and cannot

• LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE •

be ascertained after due diligence;*That all the above named personsto be cited have a Prior/Equal Rightto Letters of Administration,C.T.A. A petition having been dulyfiled by Lois M. Rosenblatt, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,with offices at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York11435. YOU ARE HEREBYCITED TO SHOW CAUSE beforethe Surrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, 6th Floor, in Jamaica,New York, on the 20th day ofJanuary, 2011 at 9:30 A.M., why adecree should not be made in theestate of Maria A. Lao, latelydomiciled at 84-15 Lander Street,PH, Briarwood, New Yorkadmitting to probate a paper datedMay 4, 1999, a copy of which isattached, as the Will of Maria A.Lao, deceased, relating to real andpersonal property, and directingthat: [X] Letters of AdministrationC.T.A. issue to Lois M. Rosenblatt,Public Administrator of QueensCounty, pursuant to S.C.P.A.§1402. Dated, Attested and Sealed,Nov. 09, 2010 (L.S.) HON.ROBERT L. NAHMANSurrogate, Queens CountyMargaret M. Gribbon Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ. Attorney forPeti t ioner 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor Rego Park,New York 11374 (718) 459-9000This Citation is served upon youas required by law. You are notobliged to appear in person. If youfail to appear it will be assumedthat you do not object to the reliefrequested unless you file formallegal, verified objections. Youhave a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. 11/19/10,11/26/10, 12/3/10, 12/10/10

PRICING UNDER PRESSUREDeciding on an asking price for you home is challenging enough

these days, but you need specific pricing strategies for particularscenarios, especially if you’re under pressure to move quickly or yourhome isn’t selling after being on the market for several months. Hereare suggestions for both situations.

If you’re facing a deadline due to job relocation or other reasons,then you need to price competitively, even more competitively thanexpected in today’s market. You’ll need to list at significantly lessthan your competition. Think 15% less. That may seem tough tostomach, but it’s better than continuing your monthly loan paymentsor the hassle of trying to find tenants to rent your home.

If your home has been listed for some time, but not generatinginterest, you’ll need to lower your price. Of the three elements thatsell a home- price, location, and condition-price is the one you’ll havethe most control over.

If home values have declines in your neighborhood, the price youoriginally listed at a few months ago may now be too high and out ofline with comparable listings. Now would be the time to have yourreal estate agent prepare a new Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)and reevalutate your pricing strategy. If you’ve got to sell, and sellnow, price it like you mean it.

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Dear Editor,

I usually use the cut-through’s in Sunnyside Gardens when I amgoing to the shopping area on 48th Street. Recently, I have noticedsigns on the gates to the cut-throughs between 44th and 45th Streets,which read “PRIVATE PROPERTY, RESIDENTS ONLY.”

I thought these cut-throughs were open to the public and forpedestrian access from one block to the next. Are these cut-throughsonly supposed to be used by the residents of Sunnyside Gardens?

J. Downing,Sunnyside

Dear Editor,

As a resident of Sunnyside for over 45 years, I am writing to youon behalf of a very fine resident, Roja Shah, who has opened a dogtraining boarding and adoption school at ‘Dog Guru’ School, on 43rd

Street in Woodside.Roja does amazing work on rescue dogs, mistreated or difficult to

train and then offers them for adoption. I myself have personally usedhis training for my Boston terrier “Chauncy” and could not haveasked for a better dog.

Roja could use additional clients and I truly feel he is an excellentaddition to our community.

Sincerely,Mary F. Mahoney

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