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Coca-Cola BoycottIn accordance with a nearly

forgotten GM resolution dat-ing back to the 1980s, theGeneral Meeting is supposedto review product boycottsannually. Catching up for losttime—nearly 20 years of it—the meeting reviewed currentboycotts, learning that there isonly one currently in effect,begun in 2004 against Coca-Cola. Coop member Lew

Friedman, editor of the StopKiller Coke newsletter, explainedthat all of the reasons for theboycott still exist: violenceagainst union workers andunion leaders in LatinAmerica, exploitation of waterresources in India, use of childlabor and other human rightsviolations. According to thewebsite Killer-coke.com, sevenunion leaders at Coca-Cola’sColombia bottling plants have

been murdered since 1990, andhundreds of others have beenbeaten or illegally detained byparamilitaries cooperatingwith the plant management.Friedman explained thatamong the institutions partici-pating in the boycott are 50colleges and universities. Theboycott against Coke includesits other brands, Odwalla and

Next General Meeting on December 15The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is usuallyheld on the last Tuesday of each month, with the exception ofNovember and December. The next General Meeting will be on Tuesday, December 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl.The agenda will be available as a flyer in the entryway of theCoop on Wednesday, December 2. For more information aboutthe GM and about Coop governance, please see the center ofthis issue.

IN THIS ISSUEState Senate Fails Once Again to Bring the Farmworkers Bill to

a Vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The Kids Are All Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Safe Food Labeling Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Coop Hours, Coffeehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Coop Calendar, Workslot Needs

Governance Information, Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Classified Ads, Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Thank You, Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

In 1973, in the now-defunctMongoose Community Cen-

ter, Park Slope resident AnnieEllman hosted her first martialarts class. Annie and NadiaTelsey met at an anti-VietnamWar rally and trained in mar-tial arts at the Manhattan-

based Temple for Spiritual andPhysical Survival. Empoweredby this experience, Annie andNadia set out to build a newmartial arts program gearedspecifically for women—a rari-ty in the 1970s.

The Center for Anti-violence EducationCelebrates 35 Years ofCommunity ServiceBy Frank Haberle

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October GM Looks at Boycotts, HiresNew General CoordinatorsBy Ed Levy

On the agenda for the October General Meeting, held October 27,were the “annual” re-evaluation of previously approved Coopproduct boycotts, the hiring of three new general coordinators

and an update to the employee 401K plan. The boycott question drewlively participation, as did the hiring of new coordinators, with severalmembers commenting that this item deserved greater considerationthan one meeting could give it.

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CoopEventHighlights

Fri, Nov 20 •The Good Coffeehouse: Jen Chapin andStephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio 8:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 21 •Game Night 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Dec 18 •The Good Coffeehouse: David Roche andAnne Keating 8:00 p.m.

Sun, Dec 20 •Pub Night 7:00 p.m.

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Minute Maid juices, Nestlé,Dasani and Fanta.

The General Meetingvoted unanimously to con-tinue boycotting Coca-ColaCompany products.

New GeneralCoordinators Hired

After screening 120résumés and conducting inter-views, the Personnel Com-mittee recommended threepeople to serve as generalcoordinators, along with thecurrent six. The committeeexplained that the hiring of the

three would fill a significantneed for general coordinatorswho can work with automatedsystems and technology, whohave project managementskills and who are experiencedat working with media. Thethree candidates proposedwere Ann Herpel, ElinoarAstrinksy and Lisa Moore. Annholds a Ph.D. in social ethics

and has worked on arms-con-trol issues; she is currently amembership coordinator anddoes a lot of communicationon behalf of the Coop. Elinoaris a librarian, oral historianand radio producer and is cur-rently a receiving coordinator.Lisa has a background in systems management andhas worked for Sotheby’s,Chemical Bank and LehmanBrothers. She is currently apart-time bookkeeper at theCoop.

Several attendees ques-tioned what they saw as ahasty way of making a deci-sion about Coop leadership,one that could affect the

Coop for many years. Thevote took on added signifi-cance when one memberpointed out that if GeneralManager Joe Holtz cannot bepresent, a general coordina-tor replaces him on the boardof directors, giving the gen-eral coordinator role addi-tional weight and responsi-bility. In response to these

and other comments, thechair gave more time topresentations by andquestioning of the candi-dates.

Ann said she felt therole of the general coordi-nators is to be “goodfinancial stewards and tolisten to diverse voices.”Asked where she thinksthe Coop will go in thenext 20 years, Elinoar said,“We will go where we allwant to go.” Ann, asked forher response to the recentNew York Times article by adisgruntled former Coopmember, said the Coop isnow a New York City“brand,” and people arewriting about the Coopwithout a good under-standing of who and why itevolved the way it did.

All three women werevoted in as general coor-dinators by substantialmargins.

Changes to Employee401K Plan

Under the 401K planthe Coop maintains foremployees, there is noemployer contribution, exceptfor payment of administrativecosts, and the accounts withVanguard have been held sep-arately by each employee.Recently Vanguard said itwould no longer service indi-vidual accounts, and the Coopengaged an intermediary fidu-ciary company to pool theaccounts and conduct therelationship with Vanguard, acommon strategy amongcompanies dealing withemployee 401K plans. GeneralManager Joe Holtz said theCoop’s administrative costswould actually decline underthe new structure by about$1,000 per year.

Agenda Committee Re-Election

The meeting also voted tore-elect Uri Feiner, GlennMoller and Susan Sternbergto two-year terms on theAgenda Committee.

Financial ReportGeneral Coordinator Mike

Eakin gave the financialreport. Net sales for the 36weeks ending October 11,2009 were $26,745,139, upfrom $23,959,575 for the sameperiod last year. The Coop’sgross margin was 17.11%, upfrom 16.90% the previous year.The gross margin basicallymeans that the Coop keeps17.11 cents of every dollar ittakes in to run itself. TheCoop’s markup on productssold is 21%, far lower than thetypical markup of about 61%

of other large coops, whichgenerally yields a much highergross margin of 38%.

Of that 17 cents, 13 centsgo for personnel costs. TheCoop’s total payroll, includ-ing hourly wages, comes to$2,309,311, up from $1,908,806,representing 8.63% of sales,up from 7.97% of sales in2008. Total personnel costs,including employee benefits,workers compensation insur-ance and pension adminis-tration expenses, came to$3,354,380.

The Coop’s weekly saleswere $742,921 during thisperiod, up 11.63%. Member-ship increased only slightly,by 442 people, for a total of15,418. This represents anincrease of almost 50% lessthan the previous year’sincrease, attributed largely tothe new policy for slowingdown the Coop’s growth bymaking prospective newmembers sign up in advancefor orientations. Averagesales per member were$2,542, up just under a hun-dred dollars from the sameperiod last year.

The Coop incurred extraexpense this year for replace-ment of its frozen foodequipment, located primarilyin the basement, with a moreenergy-efficient system to beplaced entirely on the roof.The renovation will also per-mit a much-needed expan-sion of one of the basementcoolers. The Coop’s prepaidassets also rose significantly,from $513,898 to $778,733, as

a result of prepaying addi-tional pension expense.

The inventory turnover forthe Coop is 63 times peryear—better than weekly—down slightly from 65 timesper year in 2008. The typicallarge coop turns over its inven-tory 14 or 15 times per year.This rate of turnover guaran-tees shoppers that productson the shelves are very fresh.

The Coop’s mortgagestands at $739,370 comparedto $923,349 last year.

Open ForumIn the open forum that

preceded the meeting FrankRiina asked why there wereso few FTOP workslots avail-able for members. He said hehas had to schedule a shiftsix weeks ahead. GeneralCoordinator Jess Robinsonacknowledged that the FTOPsituation is tight, though shesaid it is better now than atthe beginning of the summer.She acknowledged that theFTOP schedule can be daunt-ing to puzzle out and invitedFrank to work with a staff per-son on finding a slot.

T-Shirt ContestJoe Holtz encouraged peo-

ple to vote in the contest forbest Coop T-shirt design.Members can vote online(www.foodcoop.com/contest)or at the store. The personwho submitted the winningentry will receive a generousprize—a year’s worth of work-slot credit. ■

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The committee explained that the hiring of the three would fill a significant need for general coordinators who can

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In the year that followed,Annie and Nadia’s programevolved into the nonprofitBrooklyn Women’s Martial Arts,and they left the MongooseCenter. Before leaving, Anniejoined the downstairs coop—the Park Slope Food Coop.

“The early days [of theCoop] weren’t easy,” sherecalls now. “I remember car-rying endless boxes of food upand down stairs. And we hadto pre-order all of our food.”But Annie loved the values ofthe Coop, and she saw anoth-er example of the kind of orga-nization she wanted to build,where people work collective-ly toward a common goal.“That’s where we get ourpower,” Annie adds.

Separated at Birth: CAE and the Park SlopeFood Coop

Over 35 years, BrooklynWomen’s Martial Arts has,like the Park Slope FoodCoop, continued to grow.Today it is The Center forAnti-violence Education, alandmark nonprofit institu-tion that addresses the pub-lic health and safety issues ofhundreds of women and girls,LGBT individuals, childrenand the elderly. CAE’sgroundbreaking anti-violenceprograms reach into the fiveboroughs and are recognizednationally.

Like two trees planted sideby side, PSFC’s and CAE’srespective roots and brancheshave grown increasingly tan-gled. Dozens of CAE staffmembers and teachers—including founder/programdirector Annie and ExecutiveDirector Tracy Hobson—arelongtime Coop members.Dozens of Coop membersand staff teach or participatein CAE programs. The twoorganizations share closecommon values: the healthand wellness of Brooklyn res-idents and a commitment toworking together, as a com-munity, toward a commongoal. The survival andstrength of both the PSFCand CAE, and their promi-nent place as local institu-tions of national importance,demonstrate how importantand lasting these values are,despite the many changesthat have taken place in thecommunity.

“Like the Coop, a lot ofpeople from this neighbor-hood came together to shapeand direct CAE,” Annie pointsout. “In both places, a lot of

people have their initialscarved in these walls.”

A Spectrum of Servicesto Prevent Violence andBuild Peace in ourCommunities

“As a parent of girls,”reflects Sophie Bell, Coopmember and CAE parent, “Isometimes despair over thedifficulties of promotingyoung female strength, confi-dence and physical intensity.CAE is where my daughtercan learn the physical disci-pline of karate, while discussing puzzles anddilemmas of interpersonalsituations like bullying thatshe needs to prepare against.It is amazing how joyful theteachers at CAE make thisprocess for her. She loves theclass and the questions andactivities she gets to explore.”

Coop member MarciaLerner says, “Having mydaughter at CAE has helpedher to feel more powerfulphysically and emotionally,which I think will help her tofeel empowered in all sorts ofways to make changes in theworld.” She adds, “What I loveabout CAE, especially thechildren’s program, is that it’sso local. My daughter seesher instructors at the park, atthe farmer’s market, at theCoop. It makes it feel like areal neighborhood.”

Today, CAE offers a range ofclasses, workshops and ser-vices on site in CAE’s ParkSlope Center at 327 SeventhStreet. Current programsinclude the Children’s Empow-erment Project for girls andboys ages six to 12; PACT(Power Action Change forTeens) for teen girls and trans-gender youth ages 14 to 19;adult classes in self-defense,karate and tai chi; a five-weekself-defense class for womenand transgender survivors ofviolence; and special two-weekself-defense classes for teenwomen, transgender youthand LGBT youth, among oth-ers. The programs are offeredfree or with sliding scale feesfor low-income people, andfree childcare is always provid-ed. Throughout the city, CAEworks with shelters for women,rape crisis centers, and pro-grams for girls, LGBT youthand transgender people from arange of economic and culturalbackgrounds.

CAE programs help partic-ipants understand how tostand up to bullying andaggression and explore conflict resolution. Just asimportant, programs helpparticipants understand thatviolence is not just a publichealth issue but a human

rights issue. CAE can serve asa catalyst for change. Anexample came in 1999, whenteen women from CAE created “Peace Is Not aDream in Storage,” a boldand beautiful anti-violencemural in Brooklyn, with thehelp of the nonprofitGroundswell CommunityMural Project. In the face of asmall number of complaininghomeowners, Rite Aid (themural wall owner) threatenedto whitewash the mural. TheCAE teen muralists, with thesupport of staff and board,organized petition and letter-writing campaigns, as well asstreet demonstrations.Despite community supportand media attention, Rite Aidremoved the mural; but itremains a powerful exampleof CAE youth finding theirvoices and fighting for theirrights.

Staying Vital in aChanging Community

Like the Coop, CAE hasfaced the many challenges ofsticking to its principles in achanging neighborhood. Fouryears ago, CAE faced an eco-nomic crunch, in large partfrom the skyrocketing cost ofspace. “Regardless of itsimportance to women andteenagers, anti-violence pro-gramming is a tough sell inthe philanthropic communi-ty,” Annie says. “And a bigrent jump was looming onthe space we occupied fortwenty years. In 2004, wecame very close to closingCAE’s doors. Then, amazing-ly, there was a really hugegrassroots movement to keepCAE in the community. Thepeople who knew us, whosupported us, whose childrenparticipated in our programs,all pulled together. We had tomove, and we had to down-size our organization. But weremained committed to offer-ing free childcare, to provid-ing great programs for free oron a sliding scale and to serv-ing people from a range ofsocial and economic back-grounds, all in need of ourservices. We are still a reallystrong, solid program.”

“Both [the Coop and CAE]are about building communityaround issues of healthy,intentional living,” SophieBell adds. “They are aboutpeople’s power to makesmart grassroots decisions.And both are places where Ilove to take my daughters.They are valued and takenseriously as they learn abouttheir bodies and the choicesthey can make about how totreat their bodies as girls.Both are gentle but deeply

engaging communities.”This winter, The Center for

Anti-violence Education willhost free anti-violence work-shops—one specifically forteen women, and the otherfor adult women and transpeople. These workshops willbe free and open to Coop

members—please watch forlistings in future editions ofthe Gazette. In the meantime,to learn more about The Cen-ter for Anti-violence Educa-tion, its many programs, andhow you can get involved,please visit www.caeny.org orcall 718-788-1775. ■

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The PSFC Fun Committeeinvites you to the next Coop…

Theater Gamesin the childcare room

• Saturday, November 21 • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

in the meeting room of the Coop.

• Free admission • All ages welcome •• Bring your friends •

• Refreshments for sale •

Bring your favorite game(s):• Scrabble • Taboo • chess • checkers • bridge • Nim• Boggle • Candyland • Trouble • Stratego • Pictionary

• Monopoly • Trivial Pursuit…

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Tracy Hobson, Executive Director, and Naomi Solomon,Administrator of the Center for Anti-violence.

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However, no one can expecta new bill to come to a vote inAlbany until the present fiscalcrisis is resolved. On Tuesday,Governor Paterson presidedover a rare joint session of theLegislature and implored law-makers to make $1 billion ineducation and healthcare cutsimmediately. The state faces a$3.2 billion budget gap, andpresently cannot pay its bills.“We are running out of

money,” Paterson warned themembers of the Assembly andthe Senate. He said he wasprepared to forfeit his politicalcareer by making what are sureto be unpopular cuts, and heexpected lawmakers to do thesame.

The only other topic thatcame close to getting anyattention at this session wasthe gay marriage bill, whichhas been passed by the

Assembly and has the supportof Mayor Bloomberg and CityCouncil Speaker ChristineQuinn.

Meanwhile, about 20advocates for upstate farmlaborers in New York showedup and basically waited outthe session. But they areoptimistic, despite the factthat the farmworkers bill hasnow stalled twice before theSenate.

“The bill has broad sup-port in the Senate,” said Jordan Wells of the Justice for Farmworkers Campaign(www.justiceforfarmwork-ers.org). “But it is crucial atthis point that we get all thesupport we can to bring thebill to the floor for a vote.”

Opposition to the billcomes from some legislatorswho fear it will put an unsup-portable financial burden onsmall farms and family farms.

The Farmworkers FairLabor Practices Act (Assem-bly bill 1867, Senate bill 2247)has been passed three timesin the state Assembly inrecent years, but has con-

stantly stalled at the Senate.Yet the bill has 32 cosponsorsin the Senate, from both par-ties, and Governor Patersonsupports it.

A statewide poll conductedin June this year reflects strongpublic support for the bill:

www.labor-religion.org/farmworker-poll-release-24june09.htm

In April this year, theNortheast Organic FarmingAssociation of New York(NOFA) pledged its supportfor the Farmworkers Act:

http:/ /nofany.org/poli-c ies/pressroom/pressre-lease_4-08-09_farmworkers_fair_labor_act.pdf

Seventy-five years after theNew Deal, farm laborers inNew York State are still deniedbasic rights guaranteed tomost workers by the state con-stitution and under New Yorklabor laws—the right to a dayof rest, to overtime pay forworking over 40 hours a week,to a legal minimum wage, to

decent housing and sanitaryconditions, workers’ compen-sation and the right to engagein collective bargaining and toform unions.

The Farmworkers Act isdesigned to correct theseinequities. A copy of the actcan be downloaded from thefollowing address:www.justiceforfarmworkers.org/documents/S2247.pdf

Right here in New YorkState, there are farms whereducks are force-fed threetimes a day for 21 daysstraight, by workers who toilseven days a week, 14 hours aday, with no days off, no over-time pay, no health insur-

ance, no workers’comp, and who livein substandardhousing with ashocking lack ofaccess to basic sani-tation. On somefarms children workin the fields for as lit-

tle as $3.90 an hour. Andagain, these workers have nolegal right to organize andbargain collectively with theiremployers.

Senator John Sampson ofBrooklyn is the DemocraticConference Leader, and it ishe who has the power tobring this bill to the floor.

I am not a member of anyof the organizations men-tioned in this article. But Isupport the farmworkers bill,and I urge Coop members tocontact Senator Sampson andurge him to bring S.2247, theFarmworkers Fair Labor Prac-tices Act, to the floor for a voteat the next Senate session:

Call Senator John Sampson:518-455-2788.Email him [email protected] him at 718-649-7661.Let’s show that the PSFCstands in solidarity withfarmworkers. Let’s get thisdone. ■■



Coop Job Opening:

Receiving/Stocking CoordinatorLate Afternoon, Evening & WeekendDescription:The Coop is hiring a Receiving/Stocking Coordinator to work late afternoon, evening and week-ends. The evening and weekend Receiving/Stocking Coordinators have a lot of responsibilityoverseeing the smooth functioning of the store and supporting the squads. They work with theReceiving squads, keeping the store well-stocked and orderly and maintaining the quality of theproduce. At the end of the evening, they set up the receiving areas to prepare for the followingday’s early morning deliveries.

We are looking for a candidate who wants a permanent afternoon/evening/weekend schedule.The ideal candidate will have been working on a Receiving workslot for the Coop. Because fewerpaid staff work evenings and weekends, it is essential that the candidate be a reliable andresponsible self-starter who enjoys working with our diverse member-workers. You must be anexcellent team player, as you will be sharing the work with one to several other ReceivingCoordinators. You must have excellent communication and organizational skills, patience andthe ability to prioritize the work and remain calm under pressure. This is a high energy job for afit candidate, and you must be able to lift and to work on your feet for hours. The job will includework in the walk-in coolers and freezer.

Hours: 35-40 hours per week, schedule—to be determined—will be afternoon,evening and weekend work.

Wages: $23.39/hour

Benefits: —Health and Personal time—Vacation–three weeks/year increasing in the 4th, 7th & 10th years—health insurance—pension plan

Application & Hiring Process:Please provide a cover letter with your résumé as soon as you can. Mail your letter and résuméor drop it in the mail slot in the entryway of the Coop. Please state your availability.

All applicants will receive a response. Please do not call the office.

If you applied previously to another Coop job offering and remain interested, please reapply.

Probation Period:There will be a six-month probation period.

Prerequisite: Must be a current member of the Park Slope Food Coop for at least the past 6 months.Applicants must have worked a minimum of three shifts in Receiving within the past year.

We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop’s membership.

State Senate Fails Once Again toBring the Farmworkers Bill to a Vote

“The Park Slope Food Coop could really make a difference, as we need theBrooklyn Democratic state senators to demand this law.”

—Kerry Kennedy, founder, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

By Ethan Pettit

The State Senate on Tuesday, November 10, failed once again to voteon a crucial bill that would give farm laborers in New York State thesame basic rights that almost all workers in this state have taken for

granted since the 1930s.

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At first she tried to writeher family’s unique andpoignant story herself, butwhen she shared her firstchapter with her sister Diana,a journalist based in Austin,Texas, instead of editing Liz’schapter, Diana wrote her ownversion of the shared momentin their family’s life—and thatis how The Kids Are All Right(Harmony 2009) “became amemoir in four different voic-es, from four different perspectives,” saysLiz. Liz and Diana reached outto their two other siblings,and the book Liz had intend-ed to write changed from Liz’smemoir to a family memoir towhich Liz, Diana and their twoother siblings all contributed.The book is a testament tolove, resilience and theimportance of siblings.“I’veknown since the age of twen-ty-one that I wanted to writemy own story—and the factthat we did it together is atestament to how much welove each other,” says Liz.

Liz and Diana, and theirsiblings, Amanda and Dan,had an idyllic childhood inaffluent Bedford, New York, asuburb north of New York City.Their mother, Ann Williams,was a popular and successfulactress in soap operas,appearing for many years inThe Edge of Night.

Growing up with ponies,nannies and a pool, theWelch kids never imaginedthat their own lives wouldtake a turn toward tragedy.

Liz was 13 years old in1982, the year their father died

in a car accident. After hispassing, the family had to facethe reality that their father hadleft them with terrible debts.They were forced to move fromtheir spacious home into a gar-dener’s cottage. Almost imme-diately, their mother wasdiagnosed with the cancer

that took her life three yearslater, when Liz was 16 yearsold, her older sister Amandawas 19, Dan was 14, Dianawas eight.

Throughout her illness,Ann Williams was determinedto live and remain with herchildren. “She was doingeverything to live,” Liz recalls,“so that finding families for us to live with after herpassing meant that she wasgoing to die.”

As a result, their motherdid not make provisions forwhere her children would livefollowing her death butassigned her two eldestdaughters, Amanda and Liz,the task of finding familieswho would give her childrenhomes. In retrospect, saysLiz, “My whole family feelsthat that was the most lovingthing she could do. She trustedAmanda and me to make thebest choices.”

Nevertheless, in hindsight,according to Liz, she and hersiblings discovered that “losing our parents wasn’t theworst. What was worse wasthat we all got split up andsent to different families.”

Liz, a high school senior,was able to place herself andlittle sister Diana with twodifferent families for whomLiz had been a babysitter.

In affluent Bedford, Lizreports, “No one was willingto take more than one of us,probably because it was tooexpensive. In a fancy preppyneighborhood like Bedford,an additional child in thehome meant purchasing anadditional ticket for a wintervacation in the Bahamas.”

In contrast, an aunt from a blue-collar background waswilling to take all of the children, but uprooting toBoston somehow didn’t feelright. “We had one offer froman aunt to live in Boston. Sheinvited us all and they hadseven kids. They were veryconservative, and we wereraised in a liberal family.”

Dan, their brother, gotbounced around before finding a home where hecould remain. “On the day ofMom’s funeral, the family hewas supposed to go to toldhim he wasn’t able to live

there. Eventually, he endedup living with a friend of Mom’sin New York City,” says Liz.

“The hardest thing wasbeing separated from my sib-lings. Mom died on Dec 13,”Liz recalls. “That Christmas Iwoke up in a stranger’shouse. Losing your parents ishard enough, but it’s doublyhard not being able to be sadtogether with others who

understand that loss. I feltlike I had to put on a braveface and make my new family,my friends and teachers feellike I was okay.”

Nearly two decades later,writing the memoir togetherwith her siblings became away to reconnect, fill in themissing pieces of each others’ lives and mourntogether. “When I read theirmemories of the month afterMom’s death, I realized thathad we been together, wecould have been sad together,”Liz says.

“Society wants you to contain your sadness. I wassixteen and living in Bedford,and I was orphaned. I did nothave my siblings to share my

feelings with. That was thehardest thing. We had to holdback on those feelings, and survive. When I went to collegeat Georgetown University, noneof my friends knew.”

The book has received agood amount of publicity,including a generous excerptin Glamour and an appearancefor Welch on Good MorningAmerica. The Welch siblings

have a website, http:// thekidsareallrightbook.com/ and peo-ple who knew them or theirfamous soap star motherwrite in.

“People write in to say theyhad no idea of what we weregoing through, not having oursiblings around to mourn ourparents,” Liz reports. “I wouldsay that I did not mourn themuntil I wrote this book as athirty-five-year-old. That givesthe book an honesty andurgency. We all held on to thatgrief for so long and this booktook us to a place where wecould let go of it.”

Diana and Liz interviewedtheir siblings and put thebook together. Once they hada final manuscript, the

siblings got together at afriend’s beach house andspent a weekend readingaloud the whole book, andtogether agreed that theywere ready to go forward topublish it.

The book’s title comesfrom the fact that they allturned out all right. “We allreally wound up on our feet,”Liz reports.

Eldest sister Amanda has afarm, grows her own botanicalsand makes artisanal soaps. Lizis an award-winning writer; herbrother, Dan, is a successfullocation manager for films andtelevision; and Diana writes for the Austin Chronicle. All arehappily married.

“It was a hard road for sure,”Liz admits. “We might have lostparents but we found each otherand are so thankful.”

The book tells the story ofhow, after the family got splitup, they found each other again.

“Today we are a very tightunit. We would take bulletsfor one another. We are luckyto have each other, and that’swhy we decided to write thebook together. This didn’t justhappen to me, it happened toall of us, and we all came outthe other side.”

In the end, Liz Welch considers the book “a loveletter to Mom. She handledherself with such dignity andgrace even in the hardest cir-cumstances.” ■



The Kids Are All RightBy Alison Rose Levy

Coop member Liz Welch honed her craft asa writer with contributions to a wide rangeof magazines, including Glamour, Real Sim-

ple, Cosmo Girl, Vogue and The New York Times Maga-zine. Then she decided it was time to tell herown story.

“I’ve known since the age of twenty-one that I wanted to write my own story—and the fact that we did it together is a

testament to how much we love each other.”

“Losing our parents wasn’t the worst.

What was worse was that we all got split up and

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What Is That? How Do I Use It?

Food Tours in the CoopThis business of Thanksgivingwe learn as the obedient little childrenwe arefor every good thing we receivegreat or small we bow our headsour food, our family, our freedoms

yes, all of thatobvious and absolute

But what of the dread coldthe bitter night

What of the lonelinessthe want not met

the loss, the ache, the tedium?

What about the bills, the bother, the b.s.!What about this?What about that?!

Now we can learn gratitudeand kiss every billembrace every aggravationbow to bless each lossand yes, love every enemy

This is gratitudeThis is Thanks-giving

Be grateful for it allThis is what the human animal is for:to be thankful

and to be blessed

The Park Slope Food CoopThankful to be at your table

by Myra Klockenbrink

Monday November 23noon to 1:00 p.m.

and 1:30 t0 2:30 p.m.

Thursday December 311:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

You can join in any time during a tour.

BUY YOUR TURKEY EARLY!!!SMALLER SIZES GO QUICKLY.

FRESH turkeys available beginning Thursday, November 19th

NO RESERVING OF BIRDS.FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*

Bell & Evans (New Jersey) 8 to 26 lbs., $2.31 lb. (Thursday 11/19)

Plainville Farms Pasture-raised (New York) 16 to 24 lbs., $2.75 lb. (Friday 11/20)

Stonewood Farm Pasture-raised(Vermont) 12 to 20 lbs., $3.12 lb. (Monday 11/23)

McDonald Farm Heritage Breed(American Bronze) (New York) 12-26 lbs., $4.26 lb. (Monday 11/23)

Eberly Certified Organic (Pennsylvania) 8 to 24 lbs., $4.25 lb. (Friday 11/20)

Koch Certified Organic (Pennsylvania) 8-24 lbs., $3.96 lb. (Friday 11/20)

FROZEN Wise Kosher Certified Organic(Pennsylvania) 10-24 lbs., $4.85 lb. (Tuesday 11/17)

All the above are delivered FRESH, except for Wise Kosher.All are free-range, locally raised, hormone & antibiotic free.

*a service policy whereby the requests of customers or clients are attended to in the order that they arrived, without other biases or preferences.

ARE YOU A BROOKLYN-BASED

FILMMAKER? Would you like to

screen your work at

the Coop?

Then submit your filmfor possible inclusion inthe Coop’s Friday NightScreening Series.

If you’re a Coop member you’ll receiveone FTOP credit for screening and offering aQ+A with your film. If you’re not a member, it’sstill a chance to spread the word about yourwork and build your fan base by screening for alocal audience.

We accept documentary and fiction, both features and shorts (we program shorts as agroup). Please email Faye Lederman for detailsat [email protected] or mail your DVDto: Faye Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9E

Fort Lee, NJ 07024

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The Safe Food LabelingCommittee of the Coop thinksconsumers have a right toknow what’s in their food andhow it’s produced. The com-mittee undertook a two-yearstudy of the foods sold in theCoop, the results of which arenow being released to Coopmembership. As described inPart I, committee membersread more than 8,000 labels ofproducts on the Coop’sshelves and identified 559products as containing non-organic, potentially geneticallymodified ingredients. The foodproducers were then asked iftheir products were GMO-free.

The results of the work of the Safe Food LabelingCommittee so far have foundonly 93 products that are verified as being GMO-free.Producers of nine productsadmit the presence of GMOsamong the ingredients, whilethe producers of 64 productsidentified them as “possibly”

containing GMOs, becausethey could not state with cer-tainty that their products hadnot been contaminated withgenetically modified sourcematerial. The remaining 393products are currently catego-rized as “possibly containingGMOs” by default, becausetheir producers declined torespond to three separaterequests for information.

The production of GM

foods is not confined to largefood corporations. It existsamong some of the “health conscious” producers as well.Unfortunately there are alsohundreds of products that claimon their packaging not to contain GM ingredients but provide little assurance that theproducts have actually beentested.1 There is growing agreement that testing andlabeling are needed to protectthe food industry, especially theorganic food industry, from thegrowing spread of biotechingredients.1 “It’s indicative of how pervasive these dangerous substances arebecoming,” said food industrychemist Gregg Bromberg, acommittee member.

The Safe Food LabelingCommittee is now brain-storming ways to informshoppers about the GMO sta-tus of foods on the shelves.Labeling of each product onthe shelves would be ideal.

However, there are significanttechnological and personnelhurdles here in the Coop thatmake shelf labeling a projectunlikely to be realized soon,according to the general coor-dinators. One issue is thatprogramming our computersto add GMO information tothe shelf labels is complexand must await completion ofseveral other time-consumingprojects. To label shelves by

hand would require manyhours of labor on a weeklybasis, which is not consideredfeasible. One idea suggestedinvolves producing a brochurethat shows shoppers how toread product labels to identifypossible GMOs.

In addition, the Cooprecently joined the Non-GMOProject, a new industry groupaiming to help consumersmake informed food choices.The Non-GMO Project doesnot guarantee that foods areentirely free of geneticallymodified ingredients butrather that manufacturershave followed procedures,including testing, to ensurethat crucial ingredients con-tain no more than 0.9% ofbiotech material — the samethreshold used in the stricterEuropean Union.1 Food prod-ucts meeting the standardsof the Project will carry theNon- GMO Project seal—abutterfly perched on two

blades ofgrass in theform of acheck mark.The Non-GMO Projectworks withcompanies totest ingredi-ents andi m p r o v emanufactur-ing processesand will alsos p o t - t e s tproducts instores.1 The

new labeling campaign hopesto clear up the existing confu-sion.1

In addition, some welcomenews on the legal frontemerged recently. A federaljudge in California ruled in Sep-tember that the U.S. govern-ment failed to adequatelyassess the environmentalimpact of planting geneticallyengineered sugar beets beforeit approved the crop for cultiva-

tion.2 The court ruled that thegovernment should have stud-ied the consequences from thelikely spread of the geneticallyengineered trait to other sugarbeets or to other crops. It notedthat pollen from the geneticallyengineered crops might spread to non-GM beets, and that“potential elimination of afarmer’s choice to grow non-genetically engineeredcrops, or a consumer’s choiceto eat non-genetically engi-neered food” constituted a sig-nificant effect on theenvironment that necessitatedan environmental impact state-ment. This court ruling couldlead to a ban on the planting ofthe GM beets, which havealready been widely adopted byfarmers.2

Want to know more? OnSunday, January 24, theCoop’s Safe Food Labeling

Committee is hosting a paneldiscussion that will includeseveral leading experts in theorganic and biotech foodsarenas. Among them will beDr. Michael Hanson of theConsumers Union. We alsoexpect to have a representa-tive from a health food pro-ducer and a mainstream foodproducer. The program willbe held at 3:00 p.m. at thePark Slope United MethodistChurch, located at the cornerof Sixth Avenue and EighthStreet. Check the Gazette cal-endar or http://ecokvetch.blogspot.com/ for moredetails.

Ultimately, we supportstrong legislation to makelabeling of foods mandatory.In the meantime we supportgrassroots organizationsworking to bring safety aware-ness to consumers.■


S A F E F O O D L A B E L I N G C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T

Safe Food Labeling Committee Nears Completion ofIdentifying Foods with GMOs and rBGH — Part IIBy Julia Herd

Part I discussed some of the environmental and safety issues raisedby the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our foodcrops. It described how there has been minimal testing of the

health consequences of eating genetically engineered foods. As GMingredients increase in our foods, more and more consumers want toknow how to identify foods that contain them. However, there is no lawrequiring GM ingredients to be listed on packaging.

The Process to Identify Products with GMOs at the CoopLabels read: over 8,000

Suspect products identified: 559

Mailings made to the producer of each product: 3

Products claimed by producer to be GMO-free: 93

Products identified by producer as having GMOs: 9

Products identified by producer as probably having GMOs: 64

Products where producer was non-responsive: 393

Notes:1. William Neuman, “‘Non-GMO’ Seal Identifies Foods Mostly Biotech-Free,” New York Times, August 29, 2009 (www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/business/29gmo.html).

2. Andrew Pollack, “Judge Rejects Approval of Biotech Sugar Beets,” NewYork Times, September 23, 2009 (www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/23beet.html).

HolidayHelpNeeded!

Owe make-ups?

The Coop needs extra workers this

holiday season! You don’t need to

schedule make-ups in most cases.

Just show up at the start time of a

shift and speak to the squad leader.

Do you want to get ahead on your

FTOP work? Contact the Membership

Office to schedule FTOP shifts.

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COOP HOURS

Office Hours:Monday through Thursday

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Friday & Saturday

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Shopping Hours:

Monday–Friday8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.

Saturday6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.

Sunday6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m.

*Shoppers must be on a checkout line 15 minutes after closing time.

Childcare Hours:Monday through Sunday

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.Telephone:

718-622-0560Web address:

www.foodcoop.com

This Issue Prepared By:Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden

Erik Lewis

Editors (development): Erik LewisJoan Minieri

Reporters: Frank HaberleAlison Rose LevyEd Levy

Art Director (development): Eva Schicker

Illustrators: Lynn BernsteinDeborah Tint

Photographers: Rod MorrisonCarolina Kroon

Traffic Manager: Barbara Knight

Text Converters: Peter BentonDiana Quick

Proofreader: Margaret Benton

Thumbnails: Kristin Lilley

Preproduction: Helena Boskovic

Photoshop: Terrance Carney

Art Director (production): Dilhan Kushan

Desktop Publishing: Kevin CashmanNamik MinterMary Ellen Muzio

Editor (production): Lynn Goodman

Post Production: Becky Cassidy

Final Proofreader: Nancy Rosenberg

Index: Len Neufeld

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Monthly on the...Third ThursdayNovember 19

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.Last Sunday

November 2910:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Second SaturdayDecember 12

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.On the sidewalk in front of the receiving

area at the Coop.

What plastics do we accept?Until further notice:

• #1 and #6 type non-bottle shaped contain-ers, transparent only, labels ok

• Plastic film and bubble wrap, transparentonly, no colored or opaque, no labels

• #5 plastic cups, tubs, and specificallymarked caps and lids, very clean and dry(discard any with paper labels, or cut off)

•NOTE: We are no longer accepting #2 or #4 type plastics.

PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY

We close up promptly. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the

collection end time to allow for inspection andsorting of your plastic.

The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park SlopeFood Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215.

Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. TheGazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or oth-erwise discriminatory.

The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINESAll submissions must include author’s name and phone number andconform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters andarticles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appearin the Coop Calendar opposite.

Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if theyconform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairnesspolicies appear on the letters page in most issues.

Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articlesthat are essentially just advertisements for member businesses andservices.

Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words.

Editor-Writer Guidelines: Except for letters to the editor, whichare published without editing but are subject to the Gazette let-ters policy regarding length, anonymity, respect, and fairness,all submissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed andif necessary edited by the editor. In their review, editors are guid-ed by the Gazette's Fairness and Anonymity policies as well asstandard editorial practices of grammatical review, separation offact from opinion, attribution of factual statements, and rudi-mentary fact checking. Writers are responsible for the factualcontent of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort tocontact and communicate with writers regarding any proposededitorial changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort torespond to and be available to editors to confer about their arti-cles. If there is no response after a reasonable effort to contactthe writer, an editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorialchanges to a submission without conferring with the writer.

Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly handwritten andplaced in the wallpocket labeled "Editor" on the second floor at thebase of the ramp.

Digital Submissions: We welcome digital submissions. Dropdisks in the wallpocket described above. The email address forsubmissions is [email protected]. Receipt of yoursubmissions will be acknowledged on the deadline day.

Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placed by and on behalfof Coop members. Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion,business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial”category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form(available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classi-fied ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads mustbe camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5").

Printed by: New Media Printing, Bethpage, NY.

Friday

Dec 188:00 p.m.

A monthly musical fundraising partnership of

the Park Slope Food Coop and

the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45]Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit.

Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741

David Roche is a singer/songwriter from a family offamous singer/songwriters. (The Roches are his sisters.) He's

been writing songs from an early age. “It's hard to get out ofthe way of the music in my family. I’ve written songs andperformed with my wife, my daughter, my sisters, my in-

laws, the list goes on and on. It's a nice situation if not a lit-tle strange.” Recently Roche recorded “Harp Trouble InHeaven.” “It's a record that took me a long time to get

around to recording and the songs are mostly all love songsalthough in ways you may not expect. I was inspired by the

good fortune of being in a close family and the songs areevocative of this.” David Kumin will play on bass and Michael Graves on drums.

Anne Keating The Village Voice raves, "Keating is a wise mix of Lucinda Williams songwriting, GillianWelch guitar and a vocal all her own… a crossbetween Willie Nelson and John Prine and youdon't get any better than that.” AndPerforming Songwriter says “….what ultimatelyimpresses is the intimacy and emotion etchedin beautiful ballads ...”

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Cash Disbursed BookkeepingMonday, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m.Do you have neat, legible handwriting and liketo work with numbers and calculators? You willbe transferring information about checks writ-ten from individual vouchers into the cash dis-bursed journal and adding it up. Attention todetails (especially working with numbers) is amust. You need to be a member of the Coop for6 months to be eligible for this workslot. If youare interested, please speak to Renee St. Furcy,Monday through Thursday or email her [email protected].

Office Data EntryFriday, 3:30 to 6:15 p.m.Are you a stickler for details, accurate on the

computer and like working independently? Ifthis sounds like you, then Office Data Entry willbe your perfect shift. You will receive training,and Coop staff will always be available toanswer questions. Please speak to GingerHargett or Camille Scuria in the MembershipOffice if you would like more information.Workslot requires a six-month commitment.

Vitamin AssistantFriday, afternoons and early eveningAre you a detail-oriented worker who can workindependently and in a busy environment? TheCoop’s vitamin buyer needs help checking inorders, organizing the vitamin area in the base-ment and on the shopping floor, labeling vita-mins and supplements, and other related tasks.Contact the Membership Office for more info.

Shopping Floor Set-up and CleaningMonday or Wednesday, 6:00 to 8:00 a.m.Are you an early riser with a love of cleaningand organizing? Work under the supervision ofa staff person to set up and clean the shoppingfloor checkout stations. Must like to clean, bemeticulous, detail oriented and able to workindependently. Great opportunity for someonewho wants to work when the Coop is notcrowded. Please contact Cynthia Pennycooke [email protected] or through theMembership Office at 718-622-0560 if you areinterested in this workslot.

Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the openmonthly General Meetings have been at the center of theCoop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop incor-porated in 1977, we have been legally required to have aBoard of Directors. The Coop continued the tradition ofGeneral Meetings by requiring the Board to have openmeetings and to receive the advice of the members atGeneral Meetings. The Board of Directors, which isrequired to act legally and responsibly, has approvedalmost every General Meeting decision at the end ofevery General Meeting. Board members are elected atthe Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylawsare available at the Coop Community Corner and atevery General Meeting.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 15, 7:00 p.m.The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of eachmonth, with the exception of November and December.

Location The Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim(Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place.

How to Place an Item on the AgendaIf you have something you’d like discussed at a GeneralMeeting, please complete a submission form for theAgenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack nearthe Coop Community Corner bulletin board and atGeneral Meetings. Instructions and helpful informationon how to submit an item appear on the submissionform. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesdayof each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on thelast Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, pleasecall Ellen Weinstat in the office.

Meeting FormatWarm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Meet the Coordinators • Enjoy some Coop snacks • Submit Open Forum items • Explore meeting literatureOpen Forum (7:15 p.m.) Open Forum is a time formembers to bring brief items to the General Meeting. Ifan item is more than brief, it can be submitted to theAgenda Committee as an item for a future GM.Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’Report • Committee ReportsAgenda (8:00 p.m.)• The agenda is posted at the Coop Community Cornerand may also appear elsewhere in this issue.Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to extendthe meeting) • Meeting evaluation • Board of Directorsvote • Announcements, etc.

A l l A b o u t t h eG e n e r a l M e e t i n g

Attend a GMand Receive Work Credit

Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the GeneralMeeting has been our decision-making body. At theGeneral Meeting (GM) members gather to makedecisions and set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program was created to increaseparticipation in the Coop’s decision-making process.

Following is an outline of the program. For full details, seethe instruction sheets by the sign-up board.

• Advance Sign-up required:To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your

name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please see

below for details.

• Two GM attendance credits per year:Each member may take advantage of the GM-for-

workslot-credit program two times per calendar year.

• Certain Squads not eligible:Eligible: Shopping, Receiving/ Stocking, Food

Processing, Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction,and FTOP committees. (Some Committees are omittedbecause covering absent members is too difficult.)

• Attend the entire GM:In order to earn workslot credit you must be present

for the entire meeting.

• Childcare can be provided at GMs:Please notify an Office Coordinator in the Membership

Office at least one week prior to the meeting date.

• Signing in at the Meeting: 1. After the meeting the Chair will provide the

Workslot Credit Attendance Sheet.2.Please also sign in the attendance book that is

passed around during the meeting.

• Being Absent from the GM:It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that

you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Pleasedo not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations.

Park Slope Food CoopMission Statement

The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem-ber-owned and operated food store—analternative to commercial profit-orientedbusiness. As members, we contribute ourlabor: working together builds trustthrough cooperation and teamwork andenables us to keep prices as low as possi-ble within the context of our values andprinciples. Only members may shop, andwe share responsibilities and benefitsequally. We strive to be a responsible andethical employer and neighbor. We are abuying agent for our members and not aselling agent for any industry. We are a partof and support the cooperative movement.We offer a diversity of products with anemphasis on organic, minimally pro-cessed and healthful foods. We seek toavoid products that depend on theexploitation of others. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. We respectthe environment. We strive to reduce theimpact of our lifestyles on the world weshare with other species and future genera-tions. We prefer to buy from local, earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try tolead by example, educating ourselves andothers about health and nutrition, coopera-tion and the environment. We are com-mitted to diversity and equality. Weoppose discrimination in any form. Westrive to make the Coop welcoming andaccessible to all and to respect the opin-ions, needs and concerns of every member.



C O O P CA L E N D A RNew Member OrientationsAttending an Orientation is the first step towardCoop membership. Pre-registration is required forall of the four weekly New Member Orientations. To pre-register, visit www.foodcoop.com or contactthe Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622-0560 during office hours.

Have questions about Orientation? Please visitwww.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop”page for answers to frequently asked questions.

The Coop on the Internetwww.foodcoop.com

The Coop on Cable TVInside the Park Slope Food CoopFRIDAYS 2:30 p.m. with a replay at 10:30 p.m. Channels: 56 (TimeWarner), 69 (CableVision).

General Meeting Info

TUE, DEC 1AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m. Submissions will be considered for the Dec 15General Meeting.

TUE, DEC 15GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m.

Gazette DeadlinesLETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES:

Dec 3 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Nov 23Dec 17 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Dec 7

CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE:Dec 3 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Nov 25Dec 17 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Dec 9

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Budgeting Made EasyA budget should be a flexible, positive plan for using financial resources to meetneeds and desires—not a restrictive and punitive document. Learn how to createand use a budget that is right for you or your family. Presented by Arthur Goodman,a long-time Coop member, who has been an accountant for too many years.

Jen Chapin and Stephan Crump’s Rosetta TrioJen Chapin’s music is urban folk—story songs that searchfor community and shared meaning, powered by the funk,soul and improvisation of the city. Critics have hailed herwork as “brilliant... soulfully poetic” (NPR),

“thoughtful.. worth-savoring” (People), “addictive” (Boston Globe), “smart,observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive” (MilwaukeeJournal-Sentinel). Her performances are powerful, spotlighting the world-classmusicianship and rare chemistry of Rosetta Trio: husband/acoustic bassistStephan Crump and guitarists Jamie Fox and Liberty Ellman. Hailed as “a stringensemble for the new century,” Rosetta Trio is an all-string chamber jazz ensem-ble led by Memphis-bred bassist/composer Stephan Crump with guitaristsLiberty Ellman and Jamie Fox. Renowned for their music’s narrative depth andfor their outstanding performances, tonight they’ll focus on music from theirupcoming Reclamation, due next Spring on Sunnyside Records, which includesan extended work commissioned by the 92nd St. Y and NY Guitar Festival.Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd Street) • $10 • doors open at 7:45.The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraising partnership of theCoop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

Helping Feral/Outside Cats: Trap-Neuter-Return

Join us for a comprehensive workshop on why trap-neuter-return is the healthi-est and most humane choice for feral cats. We will speak about the trap-neuter-return process, feral nutrition, advocacy, socialization, spay/neuteroptions, winter shelter and cold-weather caretaking tips! All attendees will geta proof-of-attendance card enabling them to borrow traps from a number ofarea trap banks. Coop member Jesse Oldham is the founder and serves on theboard of Slope Street Cats.

Ways to Help a Distracted Child

Children can be distracted for many reasons. Hear successes and frustrations fromother parents, as well as useful perspectives for parents to keep in mind, as theyhelp their children focus at home and at school. Coop member Sharon C. Peters,M.A., is the founder and director of Parents Helping Parents on President Street inPark Slope. She has worked with hundreds of individual families for more than 15years and has led many parent workshops for schools and organizations.

Game Night!The PSFC Fun Committee invites you to the next Coop GameNight. Free admission, all ages welcome. Bring your friends.Refreshments for sale. Bring your favorite game(s): Scrabble,Taboo, chess, checkers, bridge, Nim, Boggle, Candyland,

Trouble, Stratego, Pictionary, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit. Theatergames in the childcare room.

Exploring Our Inner Critic: Working with the “Should” Voice

This workshop is for anyone who is ready to look honestly at the way the voicesof criticism or negative thought patterns stand in our way of living the life weLOVE to live! Negative thought patterns and voices of “shoulds” and “should-haves” create limitations in our lives and hold us back. In this workshop, wewill meet our voice of criticism, dialogue with it through journal writing, andwork with it to release its hold over our thoughts. We will also be working witha way of replacing that voice with positive thought patterns that help us moveforward. Please bring a journal and pen. This workshop is brought to you byCoop member Britt Pastor Bolnick, of In Arms Coaching.

Agenda Committee MeetingThe committee reviews pending agenda items and cre-ates the agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Dropby and talk with committee members face-to-facebetween 8 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item,

read “How to Develop an Agenda Item for the General Meeting” and fill outthe General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Form, both available from theMembership Office. The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday,December 15, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (GarfieldTemple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

PSFC DEC General MeetingMeeting Agenda to be announced. For information onhow to place an item on the Agenda, please see thecenter pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The AgendaCommittee minutes and the status of pending agenda

items are available in the Coop office and at all General Meetings. Meetinglocation: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

David Roche and Anne KeatingDavid Roche is a singer/songwriter from a family offamous singer/songwriters. (The Roches are his sisters.)He’s been writing songs from an early age. “It’s hard toget out of the way of the music in my family. I’ve writ-

ten songs and performed with my wife, my daughter, my sisters, my in-laws, thelist goes on and on. It’s a nice situation if not a little strange.” Recently, Rocherecorded Harp Trouble In Heaven. “It’s a record that took me a long time to getaround to recording and the songs are mostly all love songs although in waysyou may not expect. I was inspired by the good fortune of being in a close family and the songs are evocative of this.” David Kumin will play bass andMichael Graves drums. Also performing is Anne Keating. The Village Voiceraves, “Keating is a wise mix of Lucinda Williams songwriting, Gillian Welchguitar and a vocal all her own…a cross between Willie Nelson and John Prineand you don’t get any better than that.” “…What ultimately impresses is theintimacy and emotion etched in beautiful ballads…,” says PerformingSongwriter.Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd Street) • $10 • doors open at 7:45.The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraising partnership of theCoop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

dec 18fri 8 pm

dec 15tue 7 pm

dec 1tue 7 pm

nov 22sun 12 pm

nov 21sat 7:30-9:30 pm

nov 21sat 2 pm

nov 21sat 10 am-1 pm

nov 20fri 8 pm

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Another Fabulous Pub Night in Brooklyn

Co-sponsored with Folk Music Society of NY, we return for an informalgathering of friends we know and friends we haven’t met yet who enjoy apint or two and some good pub songs and stories. Not a concert, all arewelcome to participate, bring a song, a poem, a recitation, especiallythings in which others can participate, songs with choruses are especially

welcome. Celebrate the Solstice season and the turning of the year—the warmth ofcommunity against the coming winter. Probably a lot of English Pub and seasonal songswill be heard, but all kinds are welcome. Instruments are welcome, and tunes as wellas songs will be gladly received. Come lift your voices.Admission free. For info, contact Jerry Epstein 718-429-3437.Takes place at Freddy’s Backroom, 485 Dean St. at Sixth Ave. Brooklyn, 718-622-7035. Directions: M, N, R, W trains to Pacific St.; 2, 3 trains to Bergen St.; 4, 5, Qtrains to Atlantic Ave. Parking pretty easy Sunday.

Agenda Committee MeetingThe committee reviews pending agenda items and creates theagenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talkwith committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an

Agenda Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda ItemSubmission Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next GeneralMeeting will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth ElohimSocial Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

Food Class:Healthy Dinners in a HurryFast meals for the whole family. This class is for anyonewho wants to get dinner on the table fast—and makesure it’s healthy and delicious. Juliana Brafa will sharesome of her favorite crowd-pleasing, simple dinners that

can be made in less than 30 minutes. Juliana is a certified holistic healthcounselor and natural-foods chef who works with men and women who want tohave more energy, lose weight or just feel their best. She offers individual andgroup health coaching, leads workshops on nutrition and health, and teachescooking classes. Menu includes tofu “egg” salad, Asian noodles with peanutsauce and maple tempeh and roasted veggies. Materials fee: $4.

Auditions for Our FourthCoop Kids’ Variety Show

Auditions for Coop members ages 4-18. You must audition to be in theshow, which will be held Saturday, March 13, 7:00 p.m., at the OldFirst Church. A polished act is not required for the audition; we can

help you polish it. Singers and other musicians, poets, jugglers, stand-up comics, rappers, dancers, magicians, gymnasts, etc. (no lip-syncing

please). We look forward to hearing from you! To reserve an audition spot contact:Martha Siegel: 718-965-3916 or [email protected].

Safe Food Committee Film Night:FreshThis film celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business-people across America who are reinventing our food sys-tem. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer apractical vision of our food system and our planet’s future.Fresh addresses an ethos that has been sweeping thenation and is a call to action America has been waiting for.

The Very Good Coffeehouse Coop Concert SeriesThe Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraisingpartnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for EthicalCulture. Performers to be announced. To book a Coffeehouseevent, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741. Concert takes place

at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd Street) •$10 • doors open at 7:45.

PSFC JAN General MeetingMeeting Agenda to be announced. For information onhow to place an item on the Agenda, please see thecenter pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The AgendaCommittee minutes and the status of pending agenda

items are available in the Coop office and at all General Meetings. Meetinglocation: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

jan 26tue 7 pm

jan 15fri 8 pm

jan 12tue 7 pm

jan 9 & jan 17sat 4-6 & sun 11-1

Susan Baldassano, Coordinator

jan 5thu 7:30 pm

jan 5tue 7 pm

dec 20sun 7 pm

For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.comAll events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops.

Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

Agenda Committee Meeting

The Very Good Coffeehouse Coop Concert Series

PSFC FEBRUARY General Meeting

Agenda Committee Meeting

Food Class

Film Night

Acupuncture and the Treatment Of Digestive Disorders

Safe Food Committee Film

Meet Your Mind: A Class in Basic Meditation

Nutrition Response Testingmar 13

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Hearing Officer Committee Seeks NewMembers

The Hearing Office Committee is seeking two new members. The committee conducts and presides over disciplinary hearings, ensures that hearings proceed in an efficient and unbiased manner and, after a randomly selected Deciding Grouphas decided whether an accused member violated a Coop rule, determines whatdisciplinary action should be taken against the member. Applicants should be Coopmembers in good standing for at least two years, have good attendance recordsand preferably have judicial, arbitration, mediation or legal backgrounds.

Members of the committee meet and earn workslot credit on an as-needed basisonly, that is, when hearings are required. Therefore these members must maintainregular Coop workslots in good standing or be FTOP members in good standing.

The nature of the committee’s work requires that all members maintain strict confidentiality with respect to all matters on which they work.

The committee seeks an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop mem-bership at large.

Those interested, please telephone Marian Hertz of the Hearing Officer Committeeat 212-440-2743 or email at [email protected].

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The Ecokvetch is now on Facebook,

representing the Park Slope Food Coop’s Environmental

Committee.

The EnvironmentalCommittee has a blog!

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about ouractivities at the Coop,

as well asenvironmental events

of interest at the Coopand beyond.

Find us at:http://ecokvetch.blogspot.com/

Please visit oftenfor timely news and

informationfrom the PSFCEnvironmental

Committee.

The Park Slope Food CoopAgenda Committee (“AC”) is seeking qualified nominees to stand for election and serve on the committee. The AC was established by the General Meeting (“GM”) tohelp facilitate the timely presentation of Coop business to themembers attending the monthly meeting.

In addition to assembling the monthly agenda and maintainingrecords of items submitted, the AC works with members whosubmit items for consideration by the GM and may needassistance formulating proposals and discussion points.

The AC meets the first Tuesday of every month at 8PM at theCoop. Committee members are also required to attend five (5) GMs per year.

In addition, committee members caucus by telephone and viae-mail as needed to facilitate committee business.

Qualifications include a cooperative spirit, experience workingin a committee environment, and an ongoing interest in thebusiness of the Coop. Interested members contact Glenn Brillat [email protected].

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NO LEGALSANCTIONS FORISRAELI PRODUCTBOYCOTT

TO THE EDITOR:In her letter “A Boycott

Would Break the Law,” aboutthe General Meeting possiblydiscussing a boycott of Israeliproducts, Liz Salen wrote tothe Gazette that no one’s men-tioned “the potential conse-quences of such a boycott,”including “a fine of $50,000and imprisonment of up to10 years.” The U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce’s Office ofAntiboycott Compliance Webpage, which Salen cites, saysthe “Arab League boycott ofIsrael is the principal foreigneconomic boycott that U.S.companies must be con-cerned with today. The anti-boycott laws, however, applyto all boycotts imposed byforeign countries that areunsanctioned by the UnitedStates” (www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/antiboycott/compliance.htm.

Because pressure on Israelto end its military occupationof Palestinian lands isn’t lim-ited to the Arab League, theboycott is not “imposed byforeign countries.” The boy-cott is supported by localgroups, such as the New YorkCampaign for the Boycott ofIsrael, Adalah-NY: The Coali-tion for Justice in the MiddleEast, and similar local groupsnationwide. It’s also supportednationally by Code Pink andthe US Campaign to End the

Israeli Occupation. In Israeland the occupied territoriesthemselves, it’s supported bygroups such as Boycott fromWithin and the PalestinianNGO Network.

When members of Con-gress complained in 2006 tothe Office of AntiboycottCompliance “about the orga-nized and collaborativedivestment campaigns in theU.S. in support of a foreignboycott against our ally,Israel,” the Office of Antiboy-cott Compliance replied that“because the Office is notaware of any evidence thatthe divestment activitiesidentified in your letters havebeen or are being taken withintent to support a boycottimposed by a foreign countryagainst Israel, the prohibi-tions of the antiboycott pro-visions of the EAR [ExportAdministration Regulations]do not apply” (“ExpresslyProhibited,” New York Sun,www.nysun.com/editorials/expressly-prohibited/5811/).

So there should there beno legal consequences to theCoop should its membersvote for such a boycott.American boycotts in defenseof human rights need notwait for federal approval, any-way. American firms andschools divested from SouthAfrica, following the SullivanPrinciples of 1977, beforecongressional approval in1986. And current targets ofunsanctioned boycottsinclude China (for Tibet) andMyanmar (for the Burmese).

Sincerely,Josh Karpf

CALL OURSENATORS ABOUTFOOD SAFETY!

DEAR COOP MEMBERS,The viability of our trea-

sured foods, those for whichthe Coop itself was created,is in peril. As soon as youread this, please contact Sen-ators Schumer and Gillibrandand urge them to vote NO!on S. 510 The Senate FoodSafety Bill. Its companion billHR 2749 has already passedthe House.

Though there is much,much more than could bediscussed in this letter toyou, the main points are:

Food safety is the problemof large industrial processorsand imported foods, not thelocal or smaller farmer.Therefore, the new regula-tions and penalties imposedacross the board mean morelabor and higher costs, andsmall farms will go out ofbusiness.

Additionally, there is realreason to believe that thislaw will dramatically reduceour access to simple every-day herbs, vitamins and sup-plements. As S. 510 moves toadopt outlandish interna-tional standards, you needlook only to Germany wheresuch items are available onlyin insufficient doses withouta prescription, strange asthat sounds.

Contact our senators. Paya visit to their local offices,email them via their websites,FAX THEM, WRITE A LETTER,and call them as well.Senator Schumer757 3rd Avenue, Suite 17-02

Phone: 212-486-4430FAX: 212-486-7693Senator Gillibrand780 3rd Avenue, Suite 2601Phone: 212-688-6262FAX: 212-688-7444

You should also contactChairman Harkin at 202-224-0767, and Senator Enzi at202-224-6770.

Thank you,Jesse Rosenfeld

EVERYTHING,WHERE ARE YOU?

TO THE EDITOR:There was a time when

every time I went to the Coop Igot an everything bagel. I did-n’t need anything else becauseeverything was there. Recentlyeverything has turned to noth-ing. I like my Sarte with abagel. Any special time wheneverything is available?

Melissa Goldstein

SOMETIMES, LET’SBEND THE RULES

TO THE EDITOR:On Monday, Oct. 26, I went

shopping in the Coop. I hadleft my card home so I had togo to the Membership Office.It was 7:44 p.m. and therewas a young man waiting inline in front of me. Heexplained to the worker atthe desk, who said her namewas “C,” that he was sched-uled to attend the 7:30 orien-tation and, on the way to theCoop, had been hit by a carwhile riding on his bicycle.He seemed a bit frazzled butsaid he was unharmed. “C”

was polite throughout theexchange. She said it was toolate and that the door wasnow locked. She advised thathe plan to attend the nextorientation (which, I foundout from a very nice womanat the reception desk on themain floor, was booked forthe next month). I interject-ed, saying that it seemedridiculous that he couldn’t goin because he was a littlelate. I’m not one for bendingthe rules, but this man had asubstantial reason for beinglate. Despite my plea, hewasn’t allowed in.

As a Coop member, I wasembarrassed by “C’s” unwill-ingness to bend the rules. Ibelieve that all of us have theability to assess a situationand determine what best todo. We are not automatons—we work in a food coop, notthe U.S. Army.

Finally, one question Ihave concerning this situa-tion: Is it even safe to “lockthe door”? I suggest someonego to our trusty firehousenext door and inquire.

Anita Aboulafia

SEASONEDTRAVELERI’ve never flown to Oshkosh,Nor to frigid Nome,I’ve never had the pleasureOf a week in sunny Rome.I’ve never seen New Orleans,The home of Dixie jazz,Nor ever been to Minsk,But somehow my luggage

has.Leon Freilich


We welcome letters frommembers. Submission dead-lines appear in the Coop Cal-endar. All letters will beprinted if they conform to thepublished guidelines. We willnot knowingly publish arti-cles which are racist, sexist orotherwise discriminatory

The maximum length forletters is 500 words. Lettersmust include your name andphone number and be typedor very legibly handwritten.Editors will reject letters thatare illegible or too long.

You may submit on paper,typed or very legibly hand-written, or via email [email protected] or on disk.

AnonymityUnattributed letters will not

be published unless the Gazetteknows the identity of the writer,and therefore must be signedwhen submitted (giving phonenumber). Such letters will bepublished only where a reasonis given to the editor as to whypublic identification of thewriter would impose an unfairburden of embarrassment ordifficulty. Such letters mustrelate to Coop issues andavoid any non-constructive,non-cooperative language.

FairnessIn order to provide fair, com-prehensive, factual coverage:

1. The Gazette will not publishhearsay—that is, allegationsnot based on the author's first-hand observation.

2. Nor will we publishaccusations that are not spe-cific or are not substantiatedby factual assertions.

3. Copies of submissionsthat make substantive accusa-tions against specific individu-als will be given to thosepersons to enable them towrite a response, and bothsubmissions and response willbe published simultaneously.This means that the originalsubmission may not appearuntil the issue after the one forwhich it was submitted.

The above applies to botharticles and letters. The onlyexceptions will be articles byGazette reporters which will berequired to include theresponse within the articleitself.

LETTERS POLICYProfessional Diversity

Consultant NeededThe Diversity and Equality Committee

seeks a professional diversity consultant to

review and provide input on the committee’s

strategic recommendations based on last

year’s survey. Total time needed approximately

4-5 hours. Workslot credit will be provided.

Experience developing diversity programs at

large, volunteer-based organizations is

especially welcomed. Interested parties

should contact committee co-chair George

Perlov by email at [email protected].


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BED & BREAKFAST

The House on Third St. Bed & Break-fast—Beautiful parlor floor thru apt.living room, bedroom, den, privatebath, kitchen, deck overlooking gar-den, AC, WI-FI, piano. Sleeps 4-5.Perfect for families. Call Jane at718-788-7171 or visit us on the webat houseon3st.com.

SOUTH SLOPE GREEN-2-roomsuite w/private bath for families ofl-5. Internet, TV, mini-fridge &microwave. Full organic breakfast,most diets accommodated. Long &short stays. Easy access to trans-portation & parking. Reasonablerates, 10% discount to Coop mem-bers. Linda Wheeler 347-721-6575or [email protected].

CARS

MAZDA PROTEGE DX 2000 77,367mi. $2000 or best offer. 4 doors, sil-ver, manual, large trunk, fair condi-tion. Need to sell to move. Bay Ridge

location. One owner. [email protected].

HOUSING AVAILABLE

6th Ave. at Carroll Street: Sprawl-ing 850 sq ft brownstone floor-thruwith giant eat-in kitchen. Soaringceilings, original plasterwork,giant bath with clawfoot tub, hard-wood floors and shutters. Spa-cious 1 bedroom+ has alcove forposs. 2nd bedroom. $2,200/month.Pets OK. Incl. heat/hot water. CallCraig 917-232-3196.

MERCHANDISE-NONCOMMERCIAL

FREE STORAGE BED for child. 76”x 40” x 43”. 7 shelves, 3 small draw-ers, pullout desk, storage spacebehind desk under sleeping plat-form. Ladder hooks securely to toprail. Paul 917-592-7148.

FOR SALE: Singer sew machine,bridge chairs metal, beach chairs,new coat-winter-long ladiesmaroon designer-3 piece gown wbeading, woolen dress, dress suit,3 piece suits-designer size 7-8 9-1011-12 13-14 new polo shirts forchildren. 718-998-4524.

SERVICES

TOP HAT MOVERS, INC., 145 ParkPlace, Bklyn. Licensed and InsuredMoving Co. moves you stress-free.Full line of boxes & packing materialsavail. Free estimates 718-965-0214.D.O.T. #T-12302. Reliable, courte-ous, excellent references & alwayson time. Credit cards accepted.Member Better Business Bureau.

EXPRESS MOVES. One flat pricefor the entire move! No deceptivehourly estimates! Careful, experi-enced mover. Everything quiltpadded. No extra charge forwardrobes and packing tape. Spe-cialist in walkups. Thousands of

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your listings in 50 words or less bymail, the mailslot in the entry vestibule, or [email protected]. Submissiondeadlines are the same as for classified ads. Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the centerof this issue. An asterick (*) denotes a Coop member.

SAT, NOV 21

Peoples’ Voice Cafe: TerryKitchen; Richard Berman; CarlaUlbrich. 8-10:30 p.m., Communi-ty Church of New York, 40 E.35th St. (between Madison &Park). For info call 212-787-3903or peoplesvoicecafe.org. Sug-gested donation: $15 gener-al/$10 member/more if youchoose, less if you can’t/no oneturned away.

Prospect Park 5K Fun Run/Walk/Bike. Starts at 15th Streetentrance, 11 a.m. Fundraiser forthe Helping Hands Food Pantryin Park Slope. Not a race; anopportunity to get outdoors, havefun and support the food pantryand those in need. For detailsand to register, contact: [email protected].

SUN, NOV 22

Brooklyn Public Library ChamberPlayers: Free Concert in theDweck Center at the CentralLibrary at Grand Army Plaza.“Trio Solisti”: Maria Bachmann,violin; Alexis Pia Gerlach, violon-cello; Jon Klibonoff, piano. 4 p.m.www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.

TUE, NOV 24

Free Informational Seminarregarding the cooperative apart-ments at 320 Sterling Street. Theevent will discuss the applica-tion process, eligibility & layout.6 p.m. at United MethodistChurch, 266 Fenimore St. (near

Rogers Ave.). To register, call718-469-4679. Sponsored byNeighborhood Housing Servicesof East Flatbush and the UrbanHomestead Assistance Board(UHAB, not-for-profit housingorganizations.

TUE, DEC 1

Cooking East to West: A three-daycourse in the cuisine & cultures ofthe legendary spice route. Learnto cook the traditional foods ofSoutheast Asia, the Middle East,and Latin America & theCaribbean taught by culinarycraftswomen of Emigre Gourmetat the Center for Family Life, 34543rd St. in Brooklyn. Three Tues-days: Dec 1, 8 & 15. Each session:6 p.m–9 p.m. $150. Reservationsrequired. Info: call 718-788-3500or email [email protected].

FRI, DEC 4

GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: StefanGrossman. Brooklyn Ethical Cul-ture Society. $10. 8:00 p.m. 53Prospect Pk W. 718-768-2972.

SAT, DEC 5

Peoples’ Voice Cafe: Charlie Kingand Karen Brandow. 8-10:30p.m., Community Church of NewYork, 40 E. 35th St. (betweenMadison & Park). For info call212-787-3903 or peoplesvoicecafe.org. Suggested donation:$15 general/$10 member/more ifyou choose, less if you can’t/noone turned away.

TUE, DEC 8

Free Homebuying Seminar:Seminar will discuss coops,grants, closing cost assistance &homebuyer preparation. 6 p.m.at Crown Heights Library, 560New York Ave. (bet Maple St. &Lincoln Rd.) To RSVP, call 718-469-4679. Sponsored by Neigh-borhood Housing Services ofEast Flatbush, a not-for-profithousing organization.

THU, DEC 10

Brooklyn Food Coalition BookParty & Party Party: Celebrate theBFC’s first 6 months of organiz-ing. It will be a mix of fun, solidideas, good food & community.We’ll start the evening off with abook party for Jan Poppendieck*,and author of “Free for All: FixingSchool Food in America.”Requested donation between $5& $50. Contact [email protected] to RSVP. 6:30-10:30 p.m., at 388 Atlantic Ave.(at Bond St).

SAT, DEC 12

Peoples’ Voice Cafe: Phil OchsSong Night. 8-10:30 p.m., Com-munity Church of New York, 40E. 35th St. (between Madison &Park). For info call 212-787-3903or peoplesvoicecafe.org. Sug-gested donation: $15 gener-al/$10 member/more if youchoose, less if you can’t/no oneturned away.


HELP US GET STARTED ANDMAKE YOUR OWN WORK SHIFT!PSFC members will receive FTOP credit in exchange for their

help. To receive credit, you should be a PSFC member for

at least one year and have an excellent attendance record.

CREATIVE? WRITER? TALKATIVE? LAWYER? SOCIAL-BUTTERFLY? WEB-DEVELOPER?

MOREINFO

www.GreeneHillFoodCoop.com

[email protected] | 718-208-4778

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To Submit Classified or Display Ads:

Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas-sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, business card adsat $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise– Non-commercial” categoryare free.) All ads must be written on a submission form. Clas-sified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display adsmust be camera-ready and business card size (2" x 3.5" hori-zontal).

Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near theelevator.

satisfied customers. Great Coopreferences. 718-670-7071.

ATTORNEY—Experienced person-al injury trial lawyer representinginjured bicyclists and other acci-dent victims. Limited caseload toensure maximum compensation.Member of NYSTLA and ATLA. Norecovery, no fee. Free consult.Manhattan office. Park Slope resi-dent. Long time PSFC member.Adam D. White. 212-577-9710.

ATTORNEY—Personal InjuryEmphasis—30 years experience inall aspects of injury law. Individualattention provided for entire case.Free phone or office consultation.Prompt, courteous communica-tions. 20-year Park Slope FoodCoop member; Park Slope resi-dent; downtown Brooklyn office.Tom Guccione, 718-596-4184, alsoat www.tguccionelaw.com.

MADISON AVENUE Hair Stylist isright around the corner from theFood Coop, so if you would like areally good haircut at a decentprice, please call Maggie at 718-783-2154. I charge $60.00.

COMPUTER HELP—Call NY GEEKGIRLS. Setup & file transfer; hard-ware & software issues; viruses &pop-ups; networking; printer/filesharing; training; backups. Homeor business. Mac and PC. On-siteor pick-up/drop-off. References,reasonable rates. Long-time Coopmember. 347-351-3031 or [email protected].

ART CABRERA, ELECTRICIAN 30yrs. residential wiring, troubleshooting low voltage, one outlet orwhole house, no job too small.Fans, AC, 220 volt, lighting, out doorwork, insured, 718-965-0327. Emer-gency service, call 646-239-5197.Founding Coop member, born inBrooklyn, 35 yr. resident of ParkSlope. #0225. Coop discounts.

Plastering-Painting-Wallpapering-over 25 yrs experience of doing thefinest prep & finish work. One roomor an entire house. LOW VOC paintsused. Fred Becker 718-853-0750.

ATTORNEY experienced in allaspects of Family Law has recentlyopened a private practice special-izing in same-sex & other adop-

tions, custody/visitation cases,child support, separation agree-ments, divorce and neglect/abusematters. Louisa Floyd (TH. D4) canbe reached at 917-658-6841 [email protected].

ASSEMBLY BAY available in fullyequipped woodshop in SunsetPark. 24 hr. access. Central dustcollection. Orientation towardhigh-end custom furniture andwoodworking. Large, modern join-er planer, and shaper, 10 ft. slidingtable saw, five sanding machines,veneer press, etc. 718-913-6941.

ATTN! FAMILIES AND COUPLES!Show off your loved-ones with holi-day portraits! Outdoor and in-homesessions available. Perfect for holi-day greeting cards. Will work withyour budget. $50 off Co-op mem-bers. Contact Lindsay ComstockPhotography at 916-849-9577 orwww.lindsaycomstock.com.

HAIR CUTS hair cuts HAIR CUTS:Color, Highlights, Lowlights in theconvenience of your home ormine. Adults $35, kids $15. CallLeonora 718-857-2215.

SERVICES-HEALTH

HOLISTIC DOCTOR in Naturopathystimulates body’s natural ability toheal chronic conditions, allergy,skin, muscle, cancer support withhomeopathy, physical & chelationtherapies, bioenergetic acupunc-ture, lab tests, hair analysis &more. Research Director. 20 yearsexp. As Featured in Allure Maga-zine. Dr. Gilman 212-505-1010.

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY in Manhat-tan (Soho). Dr. Stephen Goldberg

provides comprehensive, familydental care using non-mercury fill-ings, crowns, dentures, thoroughcleanings, minimal X-rays andnon-surgical gum treatments. Fora free initial exam and insuranceinformation, call 212-505-5055.

HOLISTIC OPTOMETRY: Most eyedoctors treat patients sympto-matically by prescribing ever-increasing prescriptions. We try tofind the source of your visionproblem. Some of the symptomsthat can be treated includeheadaches, eye fatigue, computerdiscomfort, learning disabilities.Convenient Park Slope location.Dr. Jerry Wintrob, 718-789-2020.holisticeyecare.com.

PSYCHOTHERAPY to suit yourneeds and your lifestyle. Individ-ual and couple therapy providedby Helen Wintrob, Ph.D. Licensedpsychologist. Insurance includingMedicare accepted. Park SlopeOffice. Please call 718-783-0913 foran appointment.

LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST pro-viding individual, couples & familytherapy in Park Slope & financialdistrict. On many insurance plans.Psychodynamic, mindfulness &CBT approaches to address cur-rent & past challenges, accessstrengths & meet present goals.Linda Nagel, Ph.D., 718-788-9243or 917-596-0386.

VACATIONS

3-SEASON VACATION COTTAGESfor sale in our friendly, woodednorthern Westchester community.Pool, tennis, biking, hiking; nearHudson River and Metro North (5-minute cab ride from train).$79,000-$99,000; annual mainte-nance approx. $3,200. Cash salesonly. No dogs. 212-242-0806 [email protected].

COUNTRY HOUSE for rent.Hunter & Windham ski areas. 3 BR,LR, bath, kitchen, phone, cable &Internet (on request), 4 car park-ing, 4+ acres, dogs (no cats). 2.5hrs from NYC. $5k season (Nov. 13- April 11) + utilities or $600/wk.Call 917-572-7923 or [email protected].

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THANK YOU!

Thank you to the following members for referring friends who joined the Coop in the last six weeks.

Joseph A.Christine AbelmanNilda AcevedoIndia AdamsJenny AisenbergSwati ArgadeAnneAnnekeAnthonyDeborah Au-YeungAdrain B.Gabrielle B.Jacoby BallardErika BanksArnold BarkusNina BarrettMichael BatesMolly BatesMarcus BeckSarah BenditMariel BergerPeter BerleyEllen BlaschkeJessica BloomeLaura BohnLuisa Bonifacio

Kevin BowenBradKaren BrandtKaren BrandtCarla BrookoffRita BrookoffAnthony CarelliRaquel CavalcantiRobert ChildsJustin ColledgeAllison CometSarah CoxPatrick CranstonAmalia CuadraCaledonia CurryAnne-Karine DaboSherwin DasLaura DawsonMelissa De LoweOlivia De PratoGwyneth DeGrafMike D’Elia Peter DemosHeidi DiehlKendall DoerrDavid Doody

Tilda DoscherLyndsey DusslingMary E. RobbinsElisa EdwardsErin FairbanksBen FerenczGeoffrey FingerFlaviaMyk FreedmanRachel FriedmanFabiola G. Bergi

SimpsonLaura GarciaRenu GargAlexandra GaritaElina GerzonKeren Gilboa Alison GillesJosh GiuntaBrian GlashowDavid GoddyTamar GoelmanJesse GoldmanJeffrey GoodmanAdrian GordonAnne Grunow

Laurel H.Diane HainesLadan Hamidi-Toosi Delyse Hanson James HarrellKuye HarrisMiho Hatori Romi Hefetz Anna HenryThomas Hilbink Anne HinsmanJocelyn HoSue Holmberg Karen Houppert JacklynJamesDanna James ZellerLouise Jensen Aaron Johnson Rebecca K.Ilyana KadushinBen KaserKateAyako Kato KatsueAdrienne Kearney

David KelleyKenjiKwasa Khepera Kwasausya Khepera Paxton KirshTricia Kissinger Kris KohlerTerri KohlerMisty Kurpier Danny L.Leigh LabergeRich LambYossi Langer Andrea LaRoseGaia LarsenWilliam LavianoBrian LazarusSarah LazarusLiz Lessner Bea LevyEtisha Lewis Diana LieuMike LightmanSusan LightmanThe Linkov familyDanny Lubin-Laden

Eileen M.Rachel Madris Maureen MalaveLindsay ManningDana MatthewsYolanda McBride Eileen McGauran Alice MeakerJessica Meller Erin MendellSandra MerazziLuke MeyerRobert Monn Eileen Moran Anastasia NekozElla Nemcow Matthew Nemeth Janine NicholsMargot Niederland Tamsin Nutter Sandra PaezIlana Panich-

Linsman Alice PaquetteE. PhippsJessica Powers

Queen AfuaMichael QuinzioEllen Rago Peter RaskinHeloise RathboneRozlyn ReddDanny Rees LeLaina Romero Chana RothmanSarah Rubbins-Breen SakikoRebecca S.Jim SantangeliAdam Scheldt Cecilia SchmidtMarci SchultzBrandon SeabrookDelphine Selles-

Alvarez Dina ShapiroRachel Shapiro Joshua ShawOlivia SidemanKatie SigelmanMorgan Soloski Merrill Sovner

Claire StanfordHans SteinerRuthie Streiter Sara Suman Popi Susan PustilnikKumiko TeraoChaya ThanhauserTeresa TheophanoMatt ThompsonAnna ThorngateJenni TontiRobert TreanorSarah Treem Julie Tudor Liz Turrigiano Kai Van Der PuttenEmily Vaughn

Mary VonckxKristin WaldAndrew WeeksHalle Weinberger Ronna WelshRececca Wender Rachel Wertheimer Jesse Werthman Miri WexlerRebecca Widom Anastasia WilliamsAmber WinickPeter WohlsenEmma WorthSasha WortzelYuliya Yakhontova

WELCOME!

A warm welcome to these new Coop members who have joined us in the last six weeks. We’re glad you’ve decided to be a part of our community.

Muriel AbeledoYael AberdamEmma S. AbmanMichael AdleyThabit Al-MuraniBen AlbergChristopher AllenJessie AmbergSophie Amieva-

UngerAriston AndersonJon AndersonAlease AnnanAzell ArchieD. Bryant ArchieMelanie AronsonCarmen ArtigasJessica AuerbachGeorgina AymerichShelly BaerJen BakerYekaterina BalandinaElizabeth BalkanMegha BarnabasTalia BarrettJulia BarryPeter BarwickJessica BaucomStephanie BaumanSara BeckwithBert BeidermanBeth BelkinJordan BelkinLili BeloJoshua BennettSultana BennettKrista BeraSheridan BlackTaylor BlackTom BlancarteShannon BlaneyOlga S. BodrikhinaLoren BoggsMary-Jordon BolerAngela BraccoMaya BraunAlexander BremerJesper BremholmCarver BreretonLeSean BreretonTheresa BreretonMegan BrewerAmanda BrewsterMonica BrittonEleanor BrohJohanna Bronk

Daniel BrooksMichael BrooksMegan BroomeKristen V. BrownMoe BrowningMatthew BruneAshley BryantVictoria BulgakovaMelissa Burgos Emily ButlerMyrna CabanBenjamin CalhounMichael CannilloJohn CarreyrouMolly CarreyrouDorca CasseusEric ChildsRia ChristianScott ChristianMichal CieplinskiAlexandra ClarkeBrea CollierAriane ConradNolan ConwayJoana CoppiLaurel CrawfordMeg CrouchMarion CunninghamKelly CurrieMary DainSusan DaltroyJared DanclerBenjamin DavisJoseph DawsonErin De LosierFloor de RuijterNicole DeanZachary DeanMaria DecastroGalen DeGrafElad DeLoweLana DeLoweJonathan DentonBrian DePasqualeKyle DepewLoid DerAtit (A.J.) DesaiSheetal DesaiAmanda Diamond-

steinElena DiRosaPeter DivonMelanie DixonIrene DobronskiJacqueline DoddEloi Dosdat

Lee ElizabethDouglas

Geraldine DurandJenine DurlandEetiah Edwards-

FrancoisNicholas EggersCatrin EinhornKarina EkKatrina ElliottKen ElliottBrynith Ensor-Estes Laura EppsteinKostas EvangelinosVera FabianAnne FabricantMaya FalckJonathan FeldmanDureus FelerMarina FerraroAmanda FieldKade FinnoffAlexandra FongPeter FongScott FoxSandler FrancoisVinicius FreitasKaylene FrenchSarah FreudenElizabeth FuscoBasia GajdekLawrence GambleVarsha GargMarc GarzaPatrick GavinLeigh GeistJavier GenaoNikki Georges-ClappAmanda GestenAndrew GitzyCalvin GladenJane GlucksmanZachary GoelmanJudy GoldbergMiriam GoldmanEli GoldsteinJordan GoldsteinMichael GollustAracelli GonzalezTrinidad GonzalezZina GoodallSara GoodmanCynthia GordonKatie GormallyHelen GorokhovskyMaarten Goudsmit

Meera GowdaMaria GoyanesNatasha GoykhbergKathryn GradowskiTyler Grahamclaire GrandisonBenjamin GreenbergMichael GrimaldiMichelle GroskopfDanielle GuidoMaria Paola

Guimerans SanchezBridget GurtlerEmily GuyerSarah HaasBenjamin HaberJonathan HallDaniel HalvorsenChris HambySandra HandfieldAlexandria (Ali)

HarrisHarmony Hazard Cambron HendersonTroy HermesMichael HerringKathryn HibbsTyler HicksAndrew HillerJune HirshMeredith HolcombIan Hollander Mowgli HolmesAnnette HostenGeorge HostenCarla HungTiffany JacksonVeronica Jacome Caroline JamesPatricia JamesArjun JayadevGordon JenkinsLouise JensenDominique JonesLeonard JonesLindsay JonesFulvia JordanSonia JosephAllegra Joyce-AlcalaBen JullienKatalin JullienMary Kaltenberg Druv KapadiaVidya KapadiaDiana KarafinAyako Kato

Ameera KawashValerie KayeMeridith KendallCortelyou KenneyEmir KeyeAnthony KingRosemary KingLisa KletjianHal KlopperAmber KnowlesDaeha KoRobert KohlNoel KohlerErik KolbCeridwen KoskiRachel KrellensteinNatania KremerBryn KrennerMike KrennerBen KuehnIngrid KupkaPatrick KwanAndrew KyteEsther KyteJustine LacyNadav LancryMichele Lardou Benkacem Lardov William LawRachel LawrenceMeghan LeBoriousDavid LeeGeoff LeggAnna LeMahieuSarah LeonardMazen LetayfSiviva LevanaLarry LewinnTatiana LeyvaAngela LiaoBenjamin LimIra LindsayIrina LinetskayaElizabeth LondonCasey Long Adina LopatinCatherine LoweryVictor LowrieBrenda LoyaGiles LyonWilliam MacfarlaneJulia MacGuireTimothy MacGuireAnnie MalcolmIan MaleyRebecca Manski

Judith MarblestoneDavion MarcusAmie MargolesMargaret MarineNadine MartinKaty MartineauAlicia MartinezChristina MathewsRolando MathiasCarole MaurelGuy MauriceLiese MayerLizzie McAdamEmmet McGowanSara MeissnerYolaine MenyardCarolyn MerrimanLaura MessingNate MetzkerAnna MeyerDeborah MicallefKristen MilesCameron MinaberryRebecca MirskyUlla Moejmark

JensenAnna MoenchEve MoennigKeyla MonadjemiSam MontañaSuisman Kate

MontañaJessica MoormanHugo MorenoW. Taylor MorkJennifer MorrisKate MrozowskiDon MulvaneyLedell MulvaneyAntti MustonenDavid NathanKristin NelthorpeTom NelthorpeHeather NeufeldSara NeufeldJames NeuhausSusannah NevisonJanelle NicolMichail NikiforosTara NolanKirsten Nowak Paul Nowak Chris O’BrienEdita O’BrienSarah O’LearyAidan O’Shea

Kazue OkajimaAnnie OlinickDavid OstroTamae OuchiChris OwenTom OwenJin PakGrace PalkowskaAbby PalomaJoan Pangilinan-

TaylorDino PantazopoulosHilary PapireauAnne PeltolaZachary PetersenBela PevsnerJeremy PfetschAlec PollakRupert PooleShanti PrasadNivia Prescod Nedelka PrescodBill PrestiaSuzie PritchettReuben RaddingAmr RagabCarolyn RamsdellDesmond RawlsDaniel RebholzNia Reid-AllenMaisie ReubenKatey RichAdassa RichardsonDavid RileyKaren RipenburgLacey Jane RobertsRachelle RochelleSabine RoehlMichael RomanosSharon RosenmanShira RosenmanAmerigo RossuelloMonica RossuelloElisa RowanRory RowanRocco RuggieroElizabeth Rush

MuellerJordan SachsBarbara SarudianskyNeel SataNicole SavoyMax Schneider-

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Diana Seide Shreya ShahTara SherAlex SherbaMelbourne SibbliesImtiaz SiddiquiMichele SiegelJonathan SilberbergJeri SilvermanAlea SkwaraDaniel SmallEvan SmithJenifer SmithSamson SmithTheo SmithAdam Sofair-FischCasey SoloffSandra SotoKate SpencerKirsten C. SpringerRebecca StabileDavid StanavichGregg StankewiczCorey StoughtonAvi (Tracy) Straus-

bergLaura StryjewskiPaulina SuarezLisa SussmanElise SuthersLaura SweeneyMichael SweeneyAndrew SylvesterArnold SzeleczkyChris TabellarioVictoria TabenshlakMary Taft-McPheeDaniel TalbotMarianne TalbotBen TaylorJohn TaylorSara TeitelbaumWill ThanhauserHeather ThomasJustin ThomsonCharmaine TingMariia TonkonogMagaly TorrezChristian ToscanoIrina TrenbachAmedeo TurturroMaud UdinAaron UngerAdaku UtahMichel Valdes-

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Irina ValievaThomas Van BuskirkNorah van DusenJeanette Van-

Leeuwan-SlotaJulia VanTieghemJeremy VaronJudy VeszelovszkiBrian Von AnckenSanjay WadhwaBas WaijersSabrina WaijersTracy WakslerSeth WaldsteinChristopher WalkerEva WangLawrence WangJenifer WanousHannah Wasileski Yukrai WatanabeStephanie WeberJessica WeinerAlexa WejkoSonia WernerBrandon WestAbby WestbrookMark WestonJay WilkinsonJennifer WilliamsWendy WilliamsJulia WillisLaura WillisMaud WilsonDawn WolfeJenni WolfsonElse WollmanAlex WoodCorinne WoodsLivia WoodsAlyssa WrightKatherine WrightRebecca WrightWenfei XuMaria YakovenkoVijay YeedaJanet YuCamilo YubankPaul YunMaria ZagoreasCaveh ZahediAniko ZalaLana Zaman



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