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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

Sunnysider Of The Year

by Patricia Dorfman

VOL. 80, NO. 43 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 FREE

SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

“Hour of Code”Comes to Sunnyside/Woodside

Real Estate all helped to bring thecourse to reality.Hal Eagar is an advanced program-ming architect specializing inDrupal, and works in Manhattan atDoor3. He used MIT Scratch forthe KidCodeQ class. “Kids alreadyknow video games, and Scratch iseasy for them.”One father said of the class, “Myson really enjoyed it. He was ex-cited all night for the next one.”Dorfman added, “We were all sur-prised at how well it went. Thekids picked up everything in sec-onds. ‘Mr. Hal” as the kids calledhim, started them out offline. Oneinvolved the kids giving him com-mands as though he were a robot,to emphasize the computers were‘dumb.” When a student gave himan incorrect command, Hal‘crashed’ and fell into a table, whichgot a big laugh.”Twenty-give children are on a wait-ing list for a future class. In order tosee if locals can be recruited tohelp teach, and to further localcoding knowledge for all, Eagarsuggested that everyone try thefree “Hour of Code” event fromGoogle, MSN, Yahoo! and Disney,offered worldwide.

Photo Inset: “Mr. Hal” Hal Eagar instructed 19 children 6-9 for KidCodeQ, afree class in beginning computer programming. Photo Credit: Manny Gomez

Photo Credit: Patricia Dorfman

KidCodeQ students, which ran forfive October sessions, seemed aseager to get into class as they wouldinto a toy store!

A free code online code “fest” takesplace December 8-15 worldwideand all with access to a computerare invited to take part.KidcodeQ, a local pilot course toteach children beginning computercode, with 19 children ages 7-9,finished up Tuesday at theSunnyside Branch of the QueensLibrary. Hal Eager who devisedthe local curriculum and taughtKidCodeQ, urges participation inthe internationally available quickprogram, “Hour of Code” to con-tinue the local momentum.KidCodeQ was the brainchild ofPatricia Dorfman, a co-founder ofartspaceQ, who organized thecourse as a partnering ventureamong artspaceQ, Variety Boys &Girls Club with Queens LibrarySunnyside Branch’s JosephShiavone providing wifi, laptopsand space. All work was volunteerand the class was free.Melissa Orlando, also a co-founderof artspaceQ, and a systems ad-ministrator by day, found Hal Ea-ger to teach the class. John Rendaof the Boys & Girls Club, MartinaDolan and Manny Gomez, SaraLowry, artspaceQ co-foundersNick Reiner and Trevor Bowen,and Amy Fitzgerald of Welcome (continued on page 5)

ber 3 at the Tangra Restaurant.The award event will be the

usual festive affair with raffles, andlive music from hidden talent in ourmidst, including Queen of AngelsChurch clergy, Paula Hostetter,some everyone-gets-to-sing hitswith Mary Caulfied and a perfor-mance by the former Broadway starturned Director of LaGuardia ArtsPerforming Center, Stephen Hitt,among other music surprises. There

is a reliable rumor that a prominentelected official will be performinglive. The award gala is called “Ori-ent Express,” with a luxury traintheme and songs, to make use ofTangra’s exotic décor and the fa-mous European Orient Express routefrom Paris to Istanbul.This “people’s award,” is presentedthis year jointly by Sunnyside Cham-ber of Commerce and SunnysideArtists.

The run of four local communityhonorees of the Catholic persua-sion as “Luke Adams Sunnysiderof the Year” has given way for2015 to not only a Turkish Muslim,but to youth this year, as OguzhanTuran, just 30, of the Turkish Cul-tural Center, wins the title. Turanwill be named in a public-is-wel-come dinner gala 6-9pm (as long astickets last) on Monday, Novem-

Hour Children Head Wins Opus PrizeA beloved nun and the Long

Island City-based nonprofit sheruns received a prestigious awardand a large grant last week.

Sister Teresa Fitzgerald, whodirects Hour Children, won the 2014Opus Prize for faith-based humani-tarian work. Located on 12th Street,Hour Children provides an array ofservices – such as housing, educa-

tion, transportation, day care, jobtraining, and counseling — to womenin trouble and their children. Theagency is named for the importanthours that shape the lives of childrenwith incarcerated mothers: the hourtheir mothers are arrested, the hourchildren visit their mothers in prison,and the hour of their release.

108th PrecinctCommunity

Council Meeting

SCS, 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside

Tuesday, October 28th @ 7PM

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014THE WOODSIDE HERALDPAGE 2

Attorneys-At-LawMARC CRAWFORD LEAVITT

JOSEPH N. YAMANER*IRA R. GREENBERG

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45-29 47th Street - Woodside, New York 11377718-729-0986

MIDTOWN OFFICE: 228 E. 45TH STREET, 17 FL., NYC 10017

Serving the Community Since 1947*We speak Spanish, Hebrew & Turkish

43-11 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, NY 11104Telephone (718) 729-3772

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mary Caulfield, Peter A. Ross, Rob MacKay

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERSJoe Gurrado, Robert Flanagan

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Sherilyn Jo Sabba ................................................................. Editor

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SAVE THE DATEMonday December 1st @ 6:30PM

Pictures with LilySunnyside Chamber Fundraiser,

Dazies Restaurant 6:30 PMPlease visit the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce Website

For more details or call Luke (718) 784-8437

#7 Track WorkPer the MTA, the following will be done to accommodate

track work occurring during OCTOBER 24-27:

-No Service between TimesSquare-42nd Street andQueensboro Plaza-Reduced service between 74thStreet-Broadway andQueensboro Plaza

NYC Transit Track Construc-tion will have street cranes set-up, with material staging, prepwork, and track removal and in-stallation occurring between thehours of 7AM-5PM on Fridaysand from 4AM to 9PM Saturdaysand Sundays.

NYCT will request permis-sion from the NYC Department

of Transportation to work in thisarea. In order to provide and main-tain the safety of the general pub-lic, temporary lane restrictions willbe needed and signs will be placedon or before the work area alertingmotorists to these restrictions andto alternate access points. NYPDTraffic Agents will also be postedat various locations to direct andmaintain traffic through the workarea and to divert traffic if required.The locations for cranes

will be as follows:1) Eastbound side of Queens Blvdwest of Roosevelt Avenue.

2) Eastbound lanes of RooseveltAve @ Queens Blvd.3) Moveable crane in westboundlanes of Queens Blvd. @Roosevelt Ave.4) 49th Street between RooseveltAve and 43rd Avenue.5) 50th Street between RooseveltAve and Queens Blvd.

On occasion, due to a com-bination of the service demandsof the community, safety con-siderations and the welfare ofthe general public, some phasesof track construction are lim-ited to special operating hours.

Affordable Care Act Has KeptDown Premiums For NY Seniors

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens,the Bronx), Vice Chair of the HouseDemocratic Caucus, applauded theannouncement by the Departmentof Health and Human Services(HHS) that seniors on Medicarewill not see any increase in pre-mium costs for Medicare Part B,which covers doctors’ visits and

outpatient care, in 2015.“Since the enactment of the

Affordable Care Act, seniors haveseen significant savings and betterbenefits in Medicare, including noincrease in Part B premiums forthe second year in a row,” saidRep. Crowley. “Medicare is apromise to our nation’s seniors,one that we must continue to up-hold. I will continue to work tostrengthen and improve Medicarenot only for today’s seniors, but forfuture generations as well.”

Medicare Part B covers doc-tors’ services, outpatient care,certain home health services, du-rable medical equipment andsome preventative services. Ac-cording to HHS, the standard pre-mium will remain unchanged in2015 at $104.90.

This recent announcement addsto the growing list of ways in whichseniors in Medicare have seen

major savings, better benefits, anda more solvent program since theenactment of the Affordable CareAct. So far in 2014:

-More than 146,000 seniors inMedicare in New York State havesaved more than $906 million ontheir prescription drugs, an aver-age savings of $917 per senior;

-Seniors now have free Medi-care coverage of key preventiveservices, such as mammograms andcolonoscopies. To date this year,1.1 million seniors in New Yorkreceived free preventive servicesunder Medicare; and

-The life of the Medicare TrustFund has been extended by 13years, strengthening Medicare forthe long-term.

Medicare provides comprehen-sive health care coverage to 47million Americans, including 39million seniors and 8 million peopleunder 65 with disabilities.

Social Security COLA Increase for New York SeniorsRep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens,

the Bronx), Vice Chair of theHouse Democratic Caucus, ap-plauded the announcement thatthere will be a Cost of LivingAdjustment (COLA) for SocialSecurity and Supplemental Secu-rity Income recipients (SSI) in2015. Next year, monthly ben-efits will increase by 1.7 percent,which on average equals an addi-tional $22 a month.

“For so many seniors in mydistrict and nationwide, SocialSecurity is more than just aretirement program – it is alifeline,” said Rep. Crowley.

“This COLA increase will bringsome much-needed relief to thepocketbooks of seniors and ben-eficiaries, and will help manyNew Yorkers meet the risingcosts of everyday expenses, likerent and utilities.”

Signed into law by Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt in1935, Social Security was cre-ated at a time when the Ameri-can economy had crumbled andwas struggling to recover. Pen-sions were almost non-existent,and a majority of seniors wereunable to support themselvesafter retirement. Today, more

than 50 million Americans, in-cluding 3.2 million in NewYork, rely on Social Security’sguaranteed benefits for retire-ment security or to make endsmeet, put food on the table andstay in their homes.

Since 1975, Social Secu-rity benefits have been auto-matically adjusted each yearto maintain purchasing power,keeping millions of seniorsfrom falling into poverty asthey age. Social Security ben-eficiaries will begin to see nextyear’s increased payments onJanuary 1, 2015.



108 Top Cop Mops UpMore Than Crime

Before and after the first cleanup on October 3rd, BQE and LIE split

by Sherilyn Sabba

Captain Brian Hennessey, the command-ing officer of the 108 Precinct started a newprogram, “Community Fridays,” to fosterpositive police/community relations, andgain voluntary community involvement aswell as voluntary police involvement toimprove sections of each neighborhood’squality of life issues – graffiti, homelessness,abandoned vehicles.

His goal is to work together to beau-tify sections of the command about whichthe community has complained. Com-munity Fridays began on October 3rd,2014 and has an average of 10-15 volun-teers weekly. “I commend CaptainHennessy for his leadership in startingthe community Friday program” saidDiane Ballek. “As President of the 108thprecinct community council, I know howimportant it is for our local precinct tokeep our community informed.”

Patricia Dorfman, Council VP, said,“Captain Hennessy’s outreach is typical ofhim. He’s an “all in” commanding officer.He brings his family to local events, goes inperson to sort out tough issues, hears peoplewhen they speak, and brings necessary force

to bear if required. He is ‘right here with us’such as this initiative.”

Locations in need are given to the pre-cinct at community meetings; but it is morethan just cleaning. Focus is also on on ser-vices such as outreach at homeless encamp-ments, the removal of abandoned vehicles,and areas of concern requested by commu-nity members.

“The 108th Precinct’s Community Fri-day initiative is a wonderful way to engagewith local residents and help improve thequality of life in Western Queens,” said Rep.Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx). “I ap-plaud Captain Brian Hennessy for his lead-ership in implementing a program like thisand I’m proud to have him as a partner inmaking our communities safer and morevibrant.”

The group welcomes any recommenda-tions the community residents may have andwelcomes all volunteers from the commu-nity, volunteer groups and businesses.

The Captain promised, “‘CommunityFridays’” will remain in effect as long as Iam assigned here.”

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Explorer cleanup on October 13th, LIE BQE service road by Calvary cemetery



Opening Night Of Sunnyside’s 2nd Annual Restaurant Week

Council Member Van Bramer, Rachel Thieme, Sarah Corona (curator) and artists: Lina Puerta, MarkSalinas, Soonae Tark, Juan Hinojosa and Nicolas Touron at Salt and Fat.

Lily Gavin, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, Sarah Corona and RachelThieme at the film screening at Dazies.

Mark Salinas painting his mural, “Romanian Embroidery” at Bucharest Restaurant. Juan Hinojosa collage at Venture



5th Annual Hispanic Leadership Awards

On October 14th, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer hostedhis Fifth Annual Hispanic Leadership Awards Ceremony at I Love Paraguay Restaurant inSunnyside. Over 125 local residents and community leaders gathered together to honor andrecognize the notable contributions that this year’s awardees have made to New York City:

-Mary Torres, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Modern Spaces-Orestes Gonzalez, Renowned Artist & Photographer

-Karolina Tosi, Community Leader & Retired PS 11 Teacher-Kenny Medrano, Community Organizer & Youth Organizer

-Esau Chauca, Co-Founder and the Executive Directorof the Ayazamana Cultural Center

-Juan Calvo, Owner, Esperanza Laundromat & Deacon,Queen of Angels

-Linda Rodriguez- Associate Executive Director for EarlyChildhood at The Child Center of NY

During the annual event the Ayazamana Cultural Center also performed. For thesecond year in a row Council Member Van Bramer has funded the Queens-basedcultural group whose mission is to promote Ecuadorian culture and educate the publicthrough its customs and traditions through the arts

Council Member Van Bramer is joined by: (Top Row, L-R) Kenny Medrano,Esau Chauca, Orestes Gonzalez, Mary Torres, (Bottom Row, L-R) LindaRodriguez, Juan Calvo and Karolina Tosi.

“Sister Tesa,” as she is known, informedthat she would use the Opus Prize’s accom-

Hour Children

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Sunnysider Award

EDUCATORS: Private or public, andwant to teach yourself how to teach code,your school involved, go to http://hourofcode.com/us and sign up. The siteis a virtual “kit’ in the teaching of coding.HAL EAGAR CLASS: If you want toattend a two-hour class with Hal Eagar as

Hour of Code

Locals who work or live here were thisyear nominated by a committee from bothnon-profit organizations, including all pastawardees, and Turan was voted in unani-mously. All past honorees will be inattendance, Luke Adams, Father BrianDowd, Frances Schmidt, with 2014’s hon-oree Donald McCallian bestowing uponTuran the crystal plaque.A humorous short street video, in honor of VPTuran’s TCCQ’s “Hizmet,” or service to-wards world peace, was videotaped last Sat-urday. Everyday people on Sunnyside streetswere asked to choose one of three, “worldpeace,” lottery win of $10,000, or fame, withsome surprising choices. Quaint restaurateurTim Chen, for instance, selected the $10,000because said he of course wanted world peace,but desperately “needed a vacation.”Oguzhan’s popularity is not just based onthe constant community outreach of TCCQ,which include feeding 3000 duringRamadan, the first to donate to HurricaneSandy victims handing out 5000 cups ofhomemade soup, a donation to the destroyedQueens Library, ecumenical outreaches, buthis personal service to others. Turan canalways be counted on to show up beforeanyone else, do physical work if required,and make the charitable activities of others

come to fruition. He is there in a crisis,including personal. He does car runs for theneedy, sets up and builds tents for street fairbooths, and gives of his own money andtime on a daily basis.

He listens to all who come to speak tohim, helps if he able, and he is a walkingexample “do unto others as you have doneunto you.” He is of Turkish descent, but isalso all-American and often seems to valueour way of life more than many of us thoseborn here.

“In this era where the world is havingtrouble getting along, Oguzhan is an ex-ample of how it is possible here inSunnyside,” said Luke Adams. Giving bless-ings at “Orient Express,” will be FatherBrian Dowd and Rabbi Nesanel Lerman ofYoung Israel synagogue.Those interested in tickets for $40, callManny Gomez, 718-909-4806 or LukeAdams at 718-784-8437, or googleEventbrite and “Orient Express.” ($48 atthe door). Those who want to take a journalad call Rigoberto Cardoso, president of theSunnyside Chamber, at 718-457-5777, orManny or Luke by October 25 midnight.Email: [email protected].

Photo Front: Winner OguzhanTuran, on Queens Blvd. with hisdaughter, Vildan

a future volunteer instructor (age 14 andabove) for KidCodeQ – 20 students willbe accepted first come, first serve. Date/

panying $1 million donation for housing:“We are really in need of additional livingspace where we can welcome women fromprison for the opportunity to reunite withtheir children. That’s a real thing. The moneywould be used for the acquisition of anadditional site.”

Sister Tesa, 68, is celebrating her50th year with the Sisters of St. Joseph.She founded Hour Children in 1986,when she became a foster parent to eightchildren of incarcerated mothers at theconvent where she was living. In 1992,Hour Children started offering supportservices to other incarcerated mothersand their children.

The Opus Prize, administered this yearby Gonzaga University in WashingtonState’s Spokane, is part of a group of philan-thropies created by recently deceased GerryRauenhorst, his family and the Opus Group,the privately owned, Minneapolis-basedconstruction and commercial real-estatecompany Rauenhorst founded in 1953.

The two additional Opus finalists —Gollapalli Israel of the Janodayam SocialEducation Centre in Chennai, India; andReverend Joseph Maier of the Mercy CentreHuman Development Foundation inBangkok — received $100,000 each.

time TBD. [email protected](Note: Code.org is also afree resource for anyonewith access to computers.)“This is not ones and ze-roes level of “assembly,”nor is it text coding whichHal does for Fortune 500companies. This is usingan existing computer lan-guage, which most peoplecan learn to do if theyknow Microsoft Word,video games or most soft-ware programs,”

Dorfman reports. “One seven-year-old wasable to animate his own avatar with twominutes of Hal’s awesome instruction.”

Visit kidcodeq.blotspot.com see workby the local students who just“graduated.”



PROBATE CITATION File No.2013-2405 SURROGATE’SCOURT QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Free andIndependentTo:Margaret LarrymoreMattie LarrymoreJennie Dean KenonEarlene ReedEartha Mae McMichaelBennet McKenzieCarolyn Alfreda CrockettMarion Edward EllisElizabeth Ellis ClarkCharles Preston EllisWillie Michael EllisSamuel Nachon EllisChristopher WilliamsJohn Wesley Ellis, Charles Ellissaid individuals being a brothersand distributees of JosephineGuinyard, post-deceased spouseof Decedent Leroy Guinyard, ifliving and if dead to their heirs atlaw, next of kin and distributeeswhose names and places ofresidence are unknown and if theydied subsequent to said JosephineGuinyard, to their executors,administrators, legatees, devisees,assignees and successors ininterest whose names and placesof residence are unknown and toall other heirs at law and next ofkin and distributees of saidJosephine Guinyard, post-deceased spouse of DecedentLeroy Guinyard, whose names andplaces of residence are unknownand cannot be ascertained afterdue diligence. A petition having

duly been filed by Mayme RuthJiles, whose address is 4955 11thStreet NE,Washington, DC 20017YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court of the State ofNew York, County of Queens, at88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica NY11435 on the 13th day ofNovember, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. ofthat day, why a decree should notbe made in the estate of LeroyGuinyard, lately domiciled at 202-07 131st Road, Rosedale, NY11422 admitting to probate a Willdated October 4, 2007, a copy ofwhich is attached, as the Will ofLeroy Guinyard, deceased,relating to real and personalproperty, and directing that LettersTestamentary issue to MaymeRuth Jiles. HON. PETER J.KELLY, Surrogate, Margaret M.Gribbon, Chief ClerkDated, Attested and SealedSeptember 30, 2014Name of Attorney: Michael H.Kane Tel. No. (212) 685-5263Address of Attorney: 240 E. 40thSt., Suite 504, New York, NY10001[Note: This citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot required to appear; however,if you fail to appear it will beassumed you do not object to therelief requested. You have a rightto have an attorney appear for you,and you or your attorney mayrequest a copy of the full accountfrom the petitioner or petitioner’sattorney.] 10/3/14, 1010/14, 10/17/14, 1024//14

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Live From Woodside, It’s Saturday Night!Scouting In The Wildernessby Al Volpe

Father Kevin Abels, the new pastor at St. Sebastian’s, helped kick off the ninth year of Zumba-LineDancing in the St. Sebasitan’s auditorium. Some 200 line dancers participated.

Line dancing attracts some 100 dancers every Saturday. The next big dance is a Halloween costumeparty on Saturday, October 25th.

Father Kevin Abels with Merly Bergonia, Amy Reboyras, Hilda Montalaba, Genie Acbo and Sionee Yolores

by Nami Russo

Last weekend, the scouts ofPack 390 Woodside experiencedlife without amenities, electricity -and moms - camping outdoors inAlpine Scout Camp. Pitching tents

in the dark, trekking a three-milehike and preparing meals on anopen fire were just some of theadventures they lived. It was rough,tiring and a lot of work but they allagreed, “It was a blast!”

Theo Orecchio, Joshua Jiminez, Kazuki Russo, MannyJeffcoat, Elias Pinto, Noah Jacobson, Xavier Caba,Matthew Fernandez, Cillian Connelly, Henry Kaeser,Michael Tonns and Leo Bottero

Spanish Language Training Course For Contractors Seeking City LicensesCity Council Member Julissa

Ferreras and Queens EconomicDevelopment Corporation Ex-ecutive Director Seth Bornsteinannounced the launch of a Span-ish-language version of QEDC’shighly successful Home Im-provement Contractor Trainingcourse today.

The course — which pre-pares contractors to pass theNYC Department of ConsumerAffairs licensing exam, assists

with business registration, andprovides training — will be of-fered in Western Queens in themiddle of November.

Council Member JulissaFerreras allocated $30,000 toQEDC to maintain HICT andother programs in Corona Plazaand around the borough.

This HICT course, taught byEdgard Hernandez, an experi-enced instructor who has workedwith many small construction

businesses, includes three work-shops on such topics as the rulesand regulations related to NYChome contractor law, best prac-tices, and taxation.

The classes will take place atthe Entrepreneur Space, 36-4637th Street, Long Island City,from 10 am to 4 pm on the fol-lowing dates: Saturday, Novem-ber 15; Sunday, November 16;and Saturday, November 22. Par-ticipants must attend all three

sessions, and after the last class,they will go as a group to take thelicensing exam at DCA head-quarters in Manhattan.

The lessons, which cost$199 in total, include additionalone-on-one business advisoryservices, such as consultationson permits and licensing, busi-ness development, avoiding li-ability, procurement, and ac-cess to capital.

“So far, we have a perfect

record. Every graduate of ourHICT course who has takenthe DCA test has passed it,”said Bornstein. “This trainingreally helps, and I suggest it toanybody who wants to have asuccessful career in the con-struction industry in NewYork City.”

To register, contact MichaelGillen, who speaks English andSpanish, at 718-263-0546 [email protected].



Law EnforcementExploring Program

On October 8th, NationwideInsurance - The Vaglica Agencyof Long Island City and Guard-ian Data Destruction with sup-port of the Hunters Point CivicAssociation became co-sponsorsof the 108th Police Precinct Lawenforcement Exploring program.Law Enforcement Exploring is acommunity service, career-ori-ented program designed to edu-cate young men and women, ages14-20, about Law Enforcement.Exploring reaches out to New

York City’s young adults in ev-ery community to help build uprelations between the commu-nity and New York City PoliceDepartment. Explorers are taughtthe importance of higher educa-tion, self-discipline, and respectfor authority while they activelyparticipate in community serviceprojects and other Exploringevents.

Some recent projects includelocal highway cleaning andneighborhood graffitti removal.”

The following letters are the opinionsof its author and not necessarily those

of the Woodside Herald.

Letters To

The Editor

Be Heard!To submit your

Letters to the Editor:

Mail to 43-11 Greenpoint Ave.Sunnyside, N.Y. 11104

Email them [email protected]

Please include your fullname, mailing address,phone number and emailaddress. Letters that do notcontain full contact infowill not be published. Edi-tor reserves the right toedit and/ or decline lettersto be published.

(L-R) Glen Laga (Guardian Data Destruction), Sgt David Porter,Capt.Brian Hennessy, PO Joseph Mendez, Brent O’ Leary (President of TheHunters Point Civic Association) and Nick Vaglica (NationwideInsurance-The Vaglica Agency). Photo Credit: Victor Melendez

Traffic PatternProblem

Dear Editor,An example of the hazard of

the new traffic patterns was lastweek when I was crossing from41st street to Greenpoint Avenue:I had the WALK sign - a twentyton, open construction truck, hadthe green light on Greenpoint Av-enue and turned onto 48th Av-enue, and nearly crushed me! If Ididn’t rapidly advance myselfacross 48th Avenue, I would havebeen in serious condition.

Sincerely,John Regulski


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108 Top Cop

Second cleanup on October 10th, 70 St and 48 Avenue

Third cleanup on October 17th, Barnett Ave 50-48 St

All Saints ChurchKeeps The Faith

by Frank Kaufmann

Sandwiched between a string of some ofthe most dazzling, and beautiful, sunny daysof the year was a solitary morning of dreary,cold and rain.

October this year has brought us in NewYork a glorious, cool and sunny autumn toremember. So it was Friday, and so it wasSunday. But on Saturday, the day of the24th Annual All Saints Church PumpkinFair, the skies instead were foreboding, dark,the day cold and rainy.

The All Saints Church planning commit-tee had spent weeks preparing, what cakes,what pies, what soups, and fun activitiescould be offered to make this year’s streetfair special. What donated crafts and trea-sure to the church would be attractive on theWhite Elephant table, how many hot dogs,hamburgers, and kebabs should be ready?

The Woodside Herald ran ads on succes-sive weeks in bright and cheerful colors ofthe harvest season. Yet, on this one day,there was the first and only rainy day forweeks, a stay at home kind of rain and chill.

But did the church team, despair, give up,and complain? No. Right on time all thevolunteers showed up, set up the table withbeautiful home baked pastries, and soups andharvest foods, and everyone stayed at theready, after all they had planned for weeks.

As they showed up wet and dripping,Instead of donning a confused, put upon, andcomplaining spirit, the volunteers insteadenjoyed a happy spirit of fellowship, goodcheer, and just plain hoping for the best.

Indeed, by midday the rain stopped.Vendors began slowly to set their wares ondisplay. The face-painting team for the littleones set up their table in front of the gardenalongside the book table, and the grill mas-ters fire up the grill to get going on theburgers and dogs.

The day never quite reached the bright,sunny beauty of the weeks prior. Probablythe chill and clouds kept some folks home.But maybe this one and only dreary daybrought out a different kind of light.

The families and friends who strolledthe fair, the vendors who bravely and faith-fully set up shop, and Father Jerome to-gether with his All Saints congregation whokept a spirit of bright cheer, happiness, goodfood, and fun for the guests, maybe gave ussomething more akin to a Biblical tale. Theonly extra thing that was needed was arainbow at the end of it all. It was a good day.

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