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‘Communities benefit when a rare per-son like Luke Adams has a dream. Lukeaccomplishes his vision both by workingharder than others and by giving othersconfidence that the vision is possible andworth the effort. May his compassion, fe-rocity and trustworthiness continue to leadus towards prosperity and success.’

These are the words that were engravedon the award presented to Luke last week atthe Chamber of Commerce Comedy Roastheld at Dazies Restaurant. The event, whichwas sold out, boasted friends, Chambermembers and local elected officials to grabthe microphone to joyfully and playfullyRoast the honoree.

About Luke: Irish on both sides, Lukehas spent most of his life in Queens. Hegrew up in Woodhaven with a brief stint asan actor in Minnesota. He returned to NYCto continue acting and found a career inpublic relations/sales working for three topfirms, the last of which required travel. Hefound he loved to travel and started work-ing for free at Don Bar Travel. Luke joinedthe company and eventually bought it, withhis office on 46th Street. He took tours allover the world including Egypt, India, Af-rica, South America and China. He threwhimself into community service. Lily Gavinrecruited him for the Chamber, and he

eventually became Executive Director andhad a stint as President. He loves gorillas,cats, entertaining, helping businesses, chil-

dren and those in need, as well as promot-ing all things Queens. He has been a mem-ber of virtually every local civic group.

Terry Osborne, who traveled with him ona campaign to boost tourism, called himthe “best promoter in Queens.”

Judge John Kraft (friend of Luke), Ira Greenberg (chairman of the Chamber board and Emcee), Joe Kenton (representative of CM VanBramer’s office), Luke Adams, Walter McCaffrey (former Councilman), Kristina Czerniachowicz (friend), Patricia Dorfman (Chamber VP),Rebecca Barker (Chamber Pres.), Joe Conley (CB2), Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Stanley Grochola (friend), Lily Gavin (ChamberVP), Roel Van der kooi (Chamber boardmember).

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TREE LIGHTINGNovember 29th @ 6:30PM

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Dinner at Dazies Restaurant Following Lighting,

SeePage 5

500 LBSOf Turkey

Delivered ToFood Pantry

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On Tuesday, November 22nd, CM JimmyVan Bramer joined Principal AnnaEfkarpides, parents and students at PS 11 inWoodside for a peace march and anti-vio-lence rally at the school.

The march was in response to the rise ofbullying and senseless violence that hasbecome a perpetual problem in schools to-day. All 1,300 students joined the CouncilMember in marching around the school car-

rying hand-made signs, photos and shoutingcheers calling for peace.

The event took on a somber note whenthe mothers of two young people and alumniof PS 11 who were killed were acknowl-

edged. Both young people lost theirlives to violence.

Van Bramer has been a strongadvocate for anti-bullying and anti-violence initiatives. Each year, theCouncil Member hosts Respect forAll events around the district, aspart of the City Council’s initiativeto speak out against bullying andhas led rallies and events condemn-ing violence.

“As we approach Thanksgiv-ing, it is important to rememberand be thankful for the men,women and children who havesaid no to violence and spoken outin favor of peace. The studentsthat marched here today are ourfuture. Their message of love andpeace takes us toward a better to-morrow. I will continue to do allI can to promote and support anti-violence and anti-bullying initia-tives,” said CM Van Bramer.


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I’m fluent inmore languagesthan any of my col-leagues. Since 1915I’ve moved exoticcultures as well asthe locals withspeed and have pro-

vided the greatest views of oursleepless city. This has earned methe title of The International Ex-press. As proud as I am to wear thetitle, lately I’ve been feeling a littledistressed. Oh and in case you’rewondering, I’m the 7 train fromFlushing to Times Square.

Recent repairs have given mean education if foreign exple-tives which frankly I can livewithout. The usual concernsabout the economy, politics and

sports have been replaced withan unpleasant exasperation di-rected towards my existence.

Well, I cannot continue mydaily routine until I express myconcerns. I must get this off ofmy caboose.

I love my job and I take it seri-ously but with almost 100 yearsunder my belt and the fastest grow-ing population of all other boroughs,can take a toll on any iron horse.Not to mention the new technolo-gies that are being developed by theMTA to increase speed and safety.These updates and repairs are es-sential for me to compete with thatarrogant 4 train. Ugh, if I have tohear one more time about how heoccupies Wall Street, I’m going tomelt my tracks. But I digress.

The NYC subway system isthe largest in the world. It moves

more New Yorkers in one day thansome larger systems put together.It’s also the only system that runs24/7 365 days a year. It takes a lotof work but the men and womenthat keep it running do a great joband will continue to excel in thecoming years.

Now I feel you must know thatI’ll be going through some majorupgrades soon so stay connectedand always plan ahead when need-ing my services. These changeswill introduce me to the far west ofManhattan and possibly New Jer-sey! Yes, New Jersey but don’tworry, I’ll always be a New Yorker.

I love NYC and I hope to serveyou better with each and everyyear. But if there is a delay, contactthe MTA with your concerns be-fore letting the expletives fly. Re-member, kids ride with us too.

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500 LBS OfTurkey DeliveredTo Food Pantry

On November 22nd, just a fewdays before Thanksgiving, CityCM Jimmy Van Bramer deliv-ered 500 pounds of turkey cour-tesy of Howard Koeppell andKoeppell Auto Group to theBread of Life food pantry Tues-day afternoon. The gift will en-sure a happy Thanksgiving fordozens of local families and aidBread of Life in its crucial mis-sion of feeding hungry Queens

residents as many continue tostruggle in this difficulteconomy. Bishop Mitchell Tay-lor of Center for Hope Interna-tional Church was on hand toaccept the gift.

“Thanks to this gracious do-nation, many families will beable to have a happy and fullThanksgiving this year. I believethat no one should go hungry inNew York, least of all during theholidays. This gift is also a re-minder to all of us to donate toour local food pantries year roundto help those less fortunate. Hun-ger does not discriminate and, asneighbors, we should all do our

share to keep our food pantriesstocked,” Van Bramer said.

Van Bramer is committed tohelping the hungry and his 2ndAnnual Holiday food Drive iscurrently underway. The Coun-cil Member is encouraging resi-dents to donate canned and non-perishable goods at participatingQueens Libraries locations or hisdistrict office at 47-01 QueensBoulevard. Last year, residentsand business owners displayedtheir generosity by donating hun-dreds of canned goods and non-perishable food items to help lo-cal food pantries supply food forfamilies this holiday season.



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Locals In UniformArmy National Guard Pvt. Joran Aristizabal son of Alexandra Aristizabal of 70th

Street in Woodside, graduated from the Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data SystemsSpecialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, OK.

Sergeant Edgar Castillo -Long Island City has reenlisted to continue service with theHeadquarters and Headquarters Company 369th Sustainment Brigade.

Soldiers Receive New Rank, New ResponsibilitiesMajor General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York,

announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognitionof their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

-Alain Ocampo -Woodside and serving with the Headquarters and HeadquartersCompany (-) 3-142nd Aviation is promoted to the rank of Private 1st Class.

-George Rankoth -Long Island City and serving with the Headquarters and Head-quarters Company (-) 3-142nd Aviation is promoted to the rank of Specialist.

-Luis Velez -Astoria and serving with the Company B, 101st Signal Battalion ispromoted to the rank of Spc.

-Seraphim Toussaint -Astoria and serving with the Company B, 101st SignalBattalion is promoted to the rank of Pvt. 1st Class.

-David Simmons -Woodside and serving with the 107th Military Police Company ispromoted to the rank of Sgt.

-Pasang Sherpa -Woodside and serving with the 145th Maintenance Company ispromoted to the rank of Spc.

-Jennifer Castro -Queens and serving with the 222d Chemical Company is promotedto the rank of Spc.Army National Guard promotions are based on overall performance, attitude,leadership ability, and development potential.These promotions additionally recognizethe best qualified Soldiers and attract and retain the highest caliber Citizen Soldiers fora career in the New York Army National Guard.

Air Force Airman Johnathan H. Kim graduated from basic military training at LacklandAir Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Kim is the son of Sun Lea Suh of 53rd Street,Woodside. He is a 2009 graduate of William Cullen Bryant High School, Long Island City.

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enrolled at Binghamton University,State University of New York, recentlyreceived a Jacob and Pearl Assael Schol-arship for Freshmen. This scholarship isawarded to a student from Long Islandwho shows academic merit.Qiu M. Kong - Woodside,

enrolled at Binghamton University,State University of New York, recentlyreceived James and Terry Orband SOMScholarships. These scholarships areawarded annually to School of Man-agement students based on good aca-demic standing.

Autumn leaves can be composted to make rich, newsoil for future planting. Bring your bagged residentialleaves to Queens Library at Broadway, 40-20 Broadway,Long Island City on Saturday, 12/3, 11 am – 2 pm. TheWestern Queens Compost Initiative will remove themfree of charge, then start them off to a green, new life.

Students at St. Raphael School are a little more aware of the dangers of drug usethanks to their participation in National Red Ribbon Week.During the last week in October, the children joined school communities across theUnited States wearing red ribbons to indicate a vital message; drugs are destructive.The children learned to make healthy lifestyle choices and pledged to stay drug free.

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Women Have 47% Higher Risk Of Serious Car Crash Injuries

Nepalese Pitch In-To Support Jackson Heights Plaza

Recently, NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm participated in a street cleaningprogram organized by the Sindhu-USA Welfare Society, a Nepalese community basedorganization. A group of 75 people including students from the Bryant High SchoolNepalese organization gathered to clean up the pedestrian plaza on 37th Road in JacksonHeights and all the surrounding streets in the lower 70s from Roosevelt to 37th Avenue.Dromm is especially proud of the group for giving back to their community, encouragingcivic participation and supporting the Jackson Heights Plaza.

Completion Of MTA NoiseSilencer Project In LIC

– Maloney urges Feds to takeaction following report-

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Man-hattan, Queens), former CongresswomanElizabeth Holtzman, and New York StateAssembly Member Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) urged the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) totake action following a recent report in theAmerican Journal of Public Health (attached)showing that women have a 47% greaterchance of suffering severe injuries in carcrashes than do men - even when wearingseat belts. A copy of that report is attached.

The study suggests that vehicle-safetysystems (such as seat belts and airbags), ascurrently designed and tested, do not offeradequate protection for smaller-framed driv-ers and passengers, and that a variety offactors could be at fault: vehicle safety sys-tems may be optimized for men, since menare three times more likely to be involved inaccidents than women; the design of seatbelts and other restraints may not always take

into account the proportions of women whomay be shorter, smaller-framed, or more cur-vaceous; and it may simply be that women’sbone structure and musculature make themmore susceptible to injuries under the condi-tions of a car crash than men.

In a letter to NHTSA Administrator DavidStrickland, Maloney urged federal regulatorsto evaluate the study and take action to makesure that the federal government is doing allit can to protect women from higher injuryrates resulting from automobile accidents. Acopy of Maloney’s letter is also attached.

“I’m asking national traffic-safety offi-cials to study this shocking report and takeaction to protect women who are behind thewheel. As the holiday travel season ap-proaches, women need to know if they’re atgreater risk in an accident,” Maloney said.“Federal regulators need to investigate whywomen are experiencing higher rates ofinjury and come up with a plan to address theproblem - but if they can’t, I will pursuelegislation to require them to make women’ssafety a priority. The Federal government

has done a great job of getting Americans tobuckle up – but now it needs to buckle down

when it comes to correcting any disparitybetween women and men in auto safety.”

Due to the efforts of Senator MichaelGianaris, Assemblymember Cathy Nolan,and Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer,sound abatement equipment for the 7 trainventilator plant in Hunter’s Point has suc-cessfully been installed. The elected offi-cials’ secured funding for the equipmentlast year after complaints of ear-splittingsounds coming from the MTA East Riverventilator, located at 50th Avenue between5th Street and Center Street.

NYC Transit President, ThomasPrendergast, sent a letter to the three electedofficials in October indicating that theequipment’s installation was complete andarea noise levels reduced.

Before the new equipments’ installa-tion, sounds coming from the fan reachedover 80 decibels. Since its installation, how-ever, sound measurements indicate the fanis emitting sounds averaging 62.3 decibels,which is not much different from ambientcity noise levels of 61.6 decibels when thefan is not in operation.

Senator Gianaris said, “As Long Is-land City continues to grow and attractmore families, we must ensure that theneighborhood provides a welcoming qual-ity of life. The noise reduction achievedby this project will eliminate ear-splittingnoise and allow local residents to live andsleep more comfortably.”

Assemblywoman Nolan said, “Thissound abatement equipment will help toreduce the noise caused by MTA exhaust

fans that are next to residential buildings inLong Island City. This noise has long ad-versely affected the quality of life for manyresidents in Western Queens. This is a greatopportunity to redress a long-standing prob-lem in Long Island City, which now hasthousands of new residents. I am pleasedthat we were able to work with the MTA tomake this project happen.”

Council Member Van Bramer said,“The installation of sound abatementequipment in the Hunters Point South areais a major improvement in the quality oflife for residents and businesses in thearea. Long Island City has become one ofthe most desirable destinations in NewYork City, and shouldn’t be tainted withexcessive noise. I was proud to workquickly with my colleagues and the MTAto allocate funding for this change, andwill continue to work for continuedprogress in Long Island City.”

NYC Transit President Prendergast said,“We are grateful for your support of thesuccessful installation of new sound abate-ment equipment at the No. 7 Line Fan Plantin Long Island City. Your financial contri-bution to this project will be extremelybeneficial to the residents of the area as wecontinue the vital work of improving ser-vice along the Flushing Line with com-bined projects that include tunnel work,track replacement and the installation of astate-of-the-art signaling system designedto increase service and reliability.”



Civic Duty

Annual Community Awards Holiday Tree Lighting at The Manton’s!Sunday Dec. 4th @ 6PM

John & Rita Manton’s House33-30 58th St, Woodside (between Northern Blvd & Broadway)

United 40’s Holiday Get TogetherWednesday, December 7th @ 7pm

St. Teresa Auditorium, 50-22 45th St, WoodsideParking off 44th St in yard adjoining the Church. All Welcome!

Annual Holiday Party and Building FundraiserTo Support The Ridgewood Democratic Club

Friday, December 2nd @ 7PMBuffet & Refreshments / Suggested Donation $20

(All Other Donations Appreciated) 6070 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood (One Block OffFresh Pond Road)For more information call: Tom (347) 432-3511 or Lois (718) 229-4201

COMMUNITY BOARD 2 Monthly Meeting

Thursday, December 1st @ 7:00 p.m.Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th St-Ground Flr.

Parks Dept. Presentation on Phase IV of Murray Park

After the Tree Lighting, please join in a holiday reception at Christ Lutheran Church,33-57 58th St, Woodside Everyone Welcome! Free Admission! For more information,please call NWC (718) 205-1030 Funding has been provided in part by the NYCCouncil, Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer and Peter Vallone, NYC Dept ofCultural Affairs, Astoria Savings and Christ Lutheran Church. Presented by TheNorthern Woodside Coalition in Assocation with Goliard Concerts

To The Friends Of Saint Nick …Join the Chamber of Commerce onTuesday, November 29th 6:30 PM for the Tree Lighting

(the Official Opening of the Holiday Season) Sabba Park50th Street & Queens Blvd.

Listen to the sounds of the Sunnyside Drum Corp and meet Santa Claus who will helpus welcome the holiday season. This is the tree that welcomes everyone to our community.Directly following the tree lighting, everyone is welcome to come back to celebrate with aspecial holiday dinner at Dazies Restaurant. Chamber member $35.00 Non Member $45.00

“Once again I held my Annual Community Awards, where I honored members of ourcommunity that have made our community a better place,” said Assemblywoman CatherineNolan. “This year we held the event at the Sunnyside Community Center. The honoreesincluded Bishop Mitchell Taylor, Claudia Coger, Donald Martin McCallian, Ellen Young,Judy Zangwill, Lorraine Grillo, Paul Januszewski, Rachel Gordon and William T. Newlin.I am always happy to give recognition to the individuals who improve their communitieswhile also helping the people around them succeed. In addition to having our CommunityAwards, we also held our fall State Fair- where city and state agencies where on hand to passout information and answered questions that residents had.”

North Queens Homeowners Civic Association Board members posing atSeptember’s Educational Fair giving out free notebooks and pencils. TheNQHCA is celebrating their 70th Anniversary this month.

Mary Codner, Estelle Simitian, June Papaccio, Claire Speranza, Donna Raymond (Pres),Yolanda Massaro, Rose Raymond.



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Don’t overlook your furnace:Be sure to have your furnaceserviced on a regular basis, usu-ally once a year. Replacing yourfurnace filters throughout theheating season, usually once amonth, is a great do-it-yourselfway of saving energy too. Also,if you are thinking about replac-ing your home heating system,look for ENERGY STAR®qualified equipment, which ismore energy-efficient than othermodels. A Home Performancewith ENERGY STAR profes-sional will make sure it is prop-erly sized and installed correctly.

Prevent ice dams: Removeleaves and other debris from gut-ters before the first snow. Makesure attic insulation is not block-ing roof ventilation. Hire a HomePerformance with ENERGYSTAR® contractor accredited

through the Building Perfor-mance Institute (BPI) to inspectyour attic and seal air leaks andadd insulation, if needed. Thesemeasures should help you pre-vent roof ice build-up and thoseall too costly roof leaks.

Use your fireplace wisely:Did you know that your fire-place flue can suck the heatedair out of your home when not inuse? This can cause your fur-nace to work harder to replacethat warm air, costing youmoney. So, when your fireplaceis not in use, make sure thedamper is closed tightly to pre-vent air, and money, from es-caping.

Don’t forget the air condi-tioner: During the wintermonths, remove air condition-ing units from windows to pre-vent heat from escaping throughand around them. If the unitscan’t be removed, install a coverto prevent unwanted drafts. Thedrafts around an unsealed airconditioner unit are equivalentto having a basketball-sized holein your wall!

Assemblymember MichaelDenDekker (D/WFP-JacksonHeights) announced that NYS hasdeveloped and implemented a“Missing Adult System.” Similarin design and operation to the na-tional Amber Alert System for ab-ducted or missing children, theimplementation of the new pro-gram was first announced by NewYork State Governor Andrew M.Cuomo on Monday, October 24th.

“Anyone who knows or is car-ing for an elderly or impaired friendor family member will want to takeadvantage of this new program,”Assembly Member DenDekkersaid. “Like we do for missing

children, the Missing Adults Alertsystem will allow law enforcementpersonnel to locate elderly andconfused adults and return themsafely to their homes.”

The notification system, whichwas signed into law in July of2011, provides a framework bywhich information regarding miss-ing adults with impairment issues– such as Alzheimer’s or othercognitive impairments – can bewidely and quickly disseminatedthrough law enforcement, media,and other notification systems.Additional resources include tools,which can be used to find the miss-ing, as in the case of the Amber

Alerts informational posters, a toll-free hotline and partnerships withbroadcasters.

When signing the legislation,Governor Cuomo’s office pointedout that more than 60% of thosesuffering from Alzheimer’s in NewYork State will wander, with some50% at risk of serious harm ordeath if not located within 24 hours.Additionally, those with dementiadisorders or brain injuries may beunaware of danger and unable toask for help getting home.

Those who are interested inreceiving alerts can contact As-sembly Member DenDekker’s dis-trict office at (718) 457-0384.

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Ed Fowley’sLegacy

Dear Editor,

Ed Fowley was the unofficialmayor of Woodside. He was also aPapal Knight, the owner of Shelly’sTavern, a civic activist, and thefounder and director of St.Sebastian’s Boys’ Brigade. One ofhis lesser-known endeavors, butperhaps the one closest to his heart,was organizing three parties eachyear, Easter, Halloween and Christ-mas, for the pediatric psychiatricpatients at Bellevue Hospital. Theseare emotionally troubled childrenwho very often have been abused,either physically or sexually.

Ed passed away in 1999 but theparties have continued uninter-rupted for thirty-three years. I havebeen participating in the parties fortwenty-six years and in charge ofthem since 2001, but not without a

lot of help! Former WoodsiderFrank Mantione has been our SantaClaus for many of these years. Oneof Woodside’s great ladies, Mrs.Virginia Ashton, collected toys atthe AARP every year. The Ganderfamily of Maspeth and the Kronefamily of Sunnyside have providedtransportation to the hospital andinvaluable assistance at the par-ties. Mr. Tom Casey of the much-missed Woodside Deli donated therefreshments. I was Teen ClubDirector at St. Sebastian’s inWoodside and St. StanislausKostka in Maspeth in the 1980’sand 90’s and got the young peopleinvolved attending the parties. Allof the great teenagers who havegone with us through the yearshave found it a very enriching ex-perience and the kids in the wardloved having them there. Our mostrecent parties have included 8th

graders from St. Stan’s in Maspethand St. Adalbert’s in Elmhurst,along with high schoolers DavidGlynn from Msgr. McClancy, Evan

Krone and Sean Lehane from St.Francis Prep and Ryan Sheerinfrom LaSalle Academy. All ofthese boys are former students ofthe now defunct Queen of AngelsSchool in Sunnyside.

My most profound thank you,however, is reserved for the Parishof St. Stanislaus Kostka, nowjoined with Transfiguration. Threeprevious pastors and the currentone, Father Paul Wood, have gra-ciously allowed me to collect toysat Christmas and bunnies at Easterfor twenty-five years. The over-whelming generosity of the pa-rishioners always astounds me. Thestaff at the hospital is stunned bythe quality and quantity of what wedeliver and, naturally, the childrenare overjoyed.

The parties are now named inEd Fowley’s honor and at the con-clusion of each one, everybodyjoins hands and sings the song,“Make New Friends.” I am sure Edis smiling down on us when he seeswhat a legacy of love and joy hehas left behind. A sincere thankyou goes to everyone who hashelped throughout the years.

Yours very truly,Kevin Sullivan,

Woodside

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The NICODA ‘How We AreConnected’ performing arts event,took place November 4th at theFrank Sinatra School of the Arts.This performance was the first in aseries that will lead to the largerproduction in the fall of 2012. Inthe fall 2012 production, perform-ing arts institutions from all overthe country will take part in theevent, using their artistic perfor-

mances to prove the idea of how weare connected.

Featured artists were of di-verse cultural backgrounds, in-cluding a Colombia harpist, JohanVizcaino,who showed how themusic of Venezuela and Colom-bia is connected to the music ofthe Spanish Jesuits, who colo-nized the area; A Japanese move-ment artist, Yokko, and an Ameri-

can actor, Michael Billingsley per-formed a dance that embodied theidea of opposites connecting; criti-cally acclaimed saxophonist,Daniel Bennett’s music conjurednotions of East African guitar riffs;the underground poet and hip hopartist, SoSoon used his perfor-mance to encourage us to reachbeyond ourselves and touch otherpeople’s lives.



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Holiday Gift & Adornment ExpoSunday Dec. 4th - 9am - 3pm

Brand new items to aid your Christmas Shopping andDecorating needs. St. Raphael’s Rectory basement

(35-20 Greenpoint Avenue, @ the L.I.E., LIC)For Info: (718) 729-8957

MammographyVan Coming To

WoodsideUrging Women: Make an Appointment During Breast

Cancer Awareness MonthOn Saturday, November 19, between 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., NYS Senator

Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. in collaboration with the American-ItalianCancer Foundation (AICF), is sponsoring a free Mobile MammographyVan with staff from Multi-Diagnostic Services (MDS), in front of theWoodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Ja-maica Avenue, Woodhaven. An appointment is necessary; call toll free1-877-628-9090. Women ages 40 and over are urged to have a FREESCREENING for cancer and clinical breast exam. This is the ninth freemammography event the Senator has coordinated for women in hisdistrict since October 2008.Other AICF no-cost breast cancer screenings coming to thesenator’s district in December are.Appointments between 9 AM – 3 PM are necessary;call Maria at 1-877-628-9090:Wednesday, December 7th, Holy Child Jesus Parish, 111-1186th Ave., Richmond HillSunday, December 11th, Adhikaar (Human RightsOrganization), 71-07 Woodside Ave, WoodsideAlso, Thursday, December 22, P.S. 58 The School of Heroes,72-24 Grand Av., Maspeth

YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENTFIRST! For more information about MDS,

please call Maria at 1-877-628-9090.

Annual Holiday Auctionpresented by…

Kiwanis Club Of Astoria/ LIC

Thalia Spanish Theatre presents…FLAMENCO & LORCA (FINAL 3 WEEKS!)

With Over Two Pieces of Luggage:A unique Greek film with English subtitles mixescomedy, shadow theater and actual testimonies.

Ongoing until Dec. 11th The Greek Cultural Center,2680 30th St # 2B Astoria (718) 726-7329

Mini Flea MarketDecember 11th 9a-3p

St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., LIC.Vendors Wanted! To reserve a spot, please call the

Rectory at(718)729-8957

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Don’t ForgetYour Paper!

A Flamenco tribute to thepoet Garcia Lorca on the 75th

Anniversary of his death.Chase away the chill ofautumn with the fiery music,song and dance of Spain’smost passionate andsensual art form.Through December 11th

Fridays & Saturdays@ 8pm andSundays @ 4pmAt THALIA SPANISHTHEATRE,41-17 GreenpointAve, Sunnyside(Queens)For Information &Tickets, call(718) 729-3880

Please Help Us To Help Others…Monday, Dec. 5th Preview @ 6:30PM, Auction @ 7PMRiccardo’s By The Bridge, 21st St & 24th Ave, Astoria

Free Admission, Parking and Finger Foods (Cash Bar Available)For additional info, please call Donna Furey, Esq. (Pres) 347-448-2549

Get aHead Starton HolidayShopping!

Mark your calendars! Plan toattend the Annual SCS HolidayBazaar on Saturday, December3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Allsales benefit Sunnyside Commu-nity Services’ Center for ActiveOlder Adults.

New and gently-used house-hold items, jewelry, books, andmuch more will be available totreasure hunters. Fresh, home-baked goodies and refreshmentswill be on sale, as well as raffles forprizes donated by generous localbusinesses. Tables are availablefor rent at $25 for the day. Allproceeds from the sale of tablesand bazaar items, including rafflesand refreshments, go towards sup-porting Sunnyside CommunityServices’ Center for Active OlderAdults. Sunnyside CommunityServices is located at 43-31 39thStreet. For more information, call718 784-6173, extension 412 or goto www.scsny.org.

The Queens Symphonic Band40th Year Concert

Queensborough Community College in Bayside onSaturday, December10th @ 8PM.

The program will be selections from Mozart to Bernstein toBerlin as well as some Jazz, directed by Dr. Bernie Rose.There are presently a few Woodwind and Brass positions

that are still open Wed. evenings.Contact 646-662-9373 or [email protected] for more info.

Lucky LocalsCelso Caceres of Sunnyside won $10,000 on the Lottery’s

Mega Money Multiplier instant game. Caceres’s winning ticketwas purchased at the Yogi Grocery at 41-11 GreenpointAvenue in Sunnyside.

Yosef Pattiasina of Woodside, won $10,000 on the MegaMoney Multiplier instant game. Pattiasina’s winning ticket

was purchased at the Corona Liquor at 93-30 Corona Ave inElmhurst.

John Deal of Astoria, won $25,000 on the Magic 8 Ballinstant game. Deal’s winning ticket was purchased at the S A RNews & Grocery at 31-03 21st Avenue in Astoria.

Kadrija Djonbalic of Astoria, won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing of October 29th.Djonbalic’s winning ticket was purchased at the Andy Convenience at 44-09 30th Ave in Astoria.

Mei-Fei Chang of Astoria, won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of September 23rd.Chang’s winning ticket was purchased at the K & C Discount at 47-16 Broadway in Astoria.

SAVE THE DATE!Don’t miss the annual United Forties Holiday get-together

meeting, Wednesday, December 7th @ 7PM -St. Teresa Auditorium (below the church), 50-22 4th St. Woodside

(parking & entrance off 44th St.- yard adjoining church).Annual Christmas Tree Lighting @ Sabba Park

Tuesday, November 29th @ 6:30PM Sabba Park, 50th St & Queens Blvd.

Skillman Avenue Tree Lighting (location to be determined)Thursday, December 1st @ 6:30PM

A Christmas CarolNovember 25, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Song, humor and suspense bring one of the mostlegendary holiday tales to life.

For more information, please go toqueenstheatre.org or call 718.760.0064

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