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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

VOL. 78, NO. 49 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 FREE

SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

Lights Are Bright In Woodside

Holiday Trees Light The Nightby Sue Baldock

Woodside on the Move welcomed the season with their annuallighting of the Christmas tree last Saturday, December 1st. AdrianBordoni, Executive Director of WOTM outdid himself this year. States-men, District Leaders and Council Members stood beside area childrenexcitedly waiting to greet Santa. “This is a great event” beamed SenatorMichael Gianaris. “Celebrating the holidays, the kids signing bringssuch joy; I look forward to it all year!” Sing they did! The PS 11 Carolersand St. Sebastian’s Cherubim & Seraphim Choir, lead by Mary FrancesGrace, were fantastic; and the evening rounded out with a rousingrendition of Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer from PS 152. “This is awonderful event. The children are terrific, the joy in their voices is loudand clear!” commented Patrice Lee, smiling as she sipped warm cocoa.

Skillman Lights In Third Year

Photos by Joe Gurrado

by Luke Adams

About 400 people turned out to see the lovely snowflake lights,“officially” turned on along Skillman Avenue on November 29, al-though they had been up and were enjoyed a bit earlier.

The Skillman street lighting, now in its third year, gets better eachyear and would not have happened at all without the community workingtogether.The biggest thanks go to Councilman, Jimmy Van Bramer andhis staff. Funding does not just happen - our councilman has fought forevery allocation with competing worthy programs, and he and his staffhave had to shepherd the process. Van Bramer credits Gary O’Neil ofAubergine Cafe for having the original brainstorm for holiday lightingon Skillman. Van Bramer made it a campaign promise, and he fulfilledit. He kindly granted Skillman funding again. The lights don’t just “dressup” the street and remind us to shop locally -

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A Very Manton Christmas

More Photos On Page 2John & Rita Manton

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Newly Elected Vice Chair OfHouse Democratic Caucus

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) was unanimously elected by his colleaguesto serve as Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus for the 113th Congress, the fifth-ranking position in House Democratic leadership. After the election, Rep. Crowley releasedthe following statement:

“It is truly an honor to have received the support of my colleagues, and I look forwardto serving them as the Vice Chair of our Caucus. A new Congress gives us a fresh chanceto present our ideas for the nation, and I am eager to get to work alongside Leader Pelosi,Whip Hoyer, Assistant Leader Clyburn, and Caucus Chairman Becerra as we fight toadvance an agenda focused on promoting economic growth, creating jobs, strengtheningand expanding America’s middle class, and building a better, stronger country for allAmericans.

“We all owe our thanks to Congressman John Larson for an outstanding job leading ourCaucus. John’s dedication to our Caucus is unmatched, and he has worked tirelessly to makesure the Caucus is a place where all our members come together and work collaboratively.I know I will look to him for guidance and advice as I take on this new role, and I amincredibly grateful for his service and his friendship.”


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They remind us all to be nicer toeach other in this beautiful season. Thankyou, Jimmy!

This year, Skillman merchants organizedthemselves and called their group, “TheSkillman Project.” They helped promotethis event among other worthy activitiesduring the year, such as opening their heartsand doors to help the Marine Corps withtheir Toys for Tots Program.

Other hard working friends in thelighting’s first two years include the inde-fatigable Tim Chen of Quaint Restaurant,Dan Glasser of Stray Vintage, attorney IraGreenberg, and Rigoberto Cardoso of ProntoCar Service. Patricia Dorfman and DanGlasser also “blackmailed” Remembers filmproducers, who donated money last yearand Pat designed the red promotional posterused this year and last. Gary and CatherineO’Neil pitched in as well as Becky Barker

Skillman Lights In Third Yearwho stepped up when she was president lastyear - she and Dan worked hand in hand.Lily Gavin got the electric work done byPetrocelli Electric, Vantage Properties madea donation, and, as always, AssemblywomanCathy Nolan gave her support.

This year, Jimmy specifically gavecredit to the Skillman Project, SwainWeiner and Lily Gavin for their help.Bless them one and all! Everyone en-joyed the beautiful caroling from thechildren of PS 150 and PS11. Neighborsmet neighbors they had not seen sincelast year, and old friends rekindled friend-ships. If you like the lights and thisevent, tell Jimmy and his staff andPLEASE PATRONIZE and thank theChamber members and contributors!Why roam? Shop at home! Congratu-lations to all for your hard work that paidoff, beautifully.

The Councilman and Chamber President Swain Weiner.

Marie Konecko(Democratic State Com-mittee Woman) andFrances Schmidt (Repub-lican State Committeewoman). We suspect thatthe young lad at front isasking Santa for two frontteeth!

Skillman Merchants andChamber Members: PatrickTunney (The Copper Kettle), DanGlasser (Stray Vintage) and HazelCoombs (The Brogue).



CM Jimmy van Bramer counted down the lighting and to everyone’sdelight welcomed the last guest of the night. None other than Santahimself! With a “Ho Ho Ho” and gifts for all, Santa was delighted by howgood all the girls and boys of Sunnyside and Woodside. MerryChristmas everyone!

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Deirdre Feerick, Joe Conley (Chair CB2), Al Volpe (WOTM), Assemblymember MichaelDenDekker, Mike McSweeney (City Clerk), CM Jimmy Van Bramer, John Smyth (DistrictLeader), Sen. Michael Gianaris, Msgr Hardiman and WOTM Board Members

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PS 150 Chess Tournament

On December 1st, CM Van Bramer attended a City-wide Chess in theSchools Tournament at PS 150 in Sunnyside. The event featured chessplayers from schools throughout New York City.

In this photo Van Bramer, joined by students from Sunnysideand Woodside, who competed in the tournament before teachingJimmy various chess techniques that helped them win trophies atthe competition.

Lighting Up Hunters PointOn December 3rd, over 100 Long Island City children and parents joined CM Van Bramer in celebrating

the expansion of the holiday lights along Vernon Boulevard at the Hunters Point Holiday Lighting ceremonyin front of LIC Bar. The festive snowflakes grace the boulevard every holiday season from 44th Drive inHunters Point but this year they have been extended to include the blocks between 45th and 50th Avenues. Theholiday celebration included Christmas carols sang by students from PS 78, led by Gianna Cerbone-Teoli,owner of Manducatis Rustica, a special reading of several Christmas stories by the fire place inside LIC Bar’scarriage house and a performance by local jazz group, The Charlie Brown Christmas Trio. Hot chocolate, cider,cookies, donut holes as well as many other special treats were provided by local Long Island City businesses,which included Bartleby and Sage, Alobar, Sweetleaf and Manducatis Rustica. Community Board 2 and itsChair, Joe Conley, and LIC Business Women were instrumental in making the event possible. The event wasorganized in an effort to help celebrate the recovery of LIC Bar, which suffered significant damage as a resultof Hurricane Sandy as well as urge residents to support local businesses this holiday season. The lights wereofficially lit by Van Bramer who was joined by Gayle Baron, Executive Director of the LIC Partnership, andSheila Lewandowski, CB2 member and founder of the Chocolate Factory Theater.

Breakfast With Santa

The Queens Economic Devel-opment Corporation and theQueens Tourism Council invite youto kick-off the Holiday Seasonwhile showing support for yourcommunity. Enjoy “Breakfast withSanta” at a local Applebee’s andhelp raise funds for victims ofHurricane Sandy.

On Dec. 19, the Fresh Mead-ows Applebee’s will host the firstof four Breakfast with Santa events.The Jolly Man in Red will be at the61-48 188th St. restaurant from8:30 am to 10 am, and for $10,guests can get a Polaroid photowith him and enjoy a buffet includ-ing scrambled eggs, potatoes, sau-sage, pancakes, bacon, toast, or-ange juice and coffee or tea.

For the same price on Dec. 22from 8:30 am to 10 am, Breakfast

with Santa events will take place atApplebee’s restaurants in Bayside,213-29 26th Ave., Rego Park, 95-25 Queens Blvd., and Astoria, 38-01 35th Ave.

Proceeds from the breakfastswill go to QEDC/QTC, which willthen distribute the largesse to theRockaway Waterfront Alliance,one of the first nonprofits to re-spond to Hurricane Sandy. RWAbegan giving homebound residentshot meals and providing emergencyfood and clothing from a firehouse.Volunteers then delivered carepackages of emergency suppliesdoor-to- door all along RockawayPeninsula and in public housingprojects. After the emergencyphase, RWA volunteers have beenassisting with large-scale clean ups,clearing streets of washed out cars,removing mountains of sand anddebris and assisting businesses andhomeowners in digging out theirown properties. RWA has also beendistributing information on gov-ernment services.

To buy tickets for Breakfast withSanta, contact QEDC’s RobMacKay at 718.263.0546, ext. 12,or [email protected].

“In addition to serving great foodand providing jobs in Queens,

Applebee’s has been an integral partof the Queens Tourism Council,”said QEDC Executive Director SethBornstein. “QEDC is thrilled to part-ner with Applebee’s to offer a fun,inexpensive breakfast in support ofrelief efforts for borough residentsand businesses that are still reelingfrom Hurricane Sandy.”

QEDC and QTC have been in-volved with Hurricane Sandy re-lief since the super storm passedthrough the borough. First, the en-tities collected water, toiletries,medicine, clothes and other itemsfrom QTC members. They thenspent days delivering supplies to atransfer station in Queens Collegeand actual points of service in theRockaways. One QTC member,the United States Tennis Associa-tion, donated $300,000 worth ofitems and $100,000 in cash to theMayor’s Fund to Advance NewYork. With funds raised during theBreakfast with Santa events,QEDC and QTC hope to continueserving storm victims.

For years, Applebee’s hashosted Breakfast with Santa eventsat the company’s Staten Island res-taurants to raise money for theStaten Island Children’s Campaignand Trust.

Sunnyside’s Bravest

by Sue Baldock

While driving on the highway on Saturday night, a local Sunnysideresident, noticed smoke in his car. Getting no farther than 48th Avenueon 43rd Street, his car filled will billowing smoke and soon ignited intostrong flames. Captain Murray and the 128th Battalion came to therescue. George Prieato, Joe McCoy, Jim Daley and Ken Hartmann wereamong the first responders, quickly putting out the fire. Unfortunately,the car did not fare well, but luckily no one was hurt thanks to Sunnyside’sBravest. Thank you all for being there!



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Dear Editor,The Food Pantry of St. Raphael

Church (the parish I pastor) is seri-ously misrepresented in two Lettersto the Editor that appear in the Nov.30th issue of the Woodside Herald.

Both letters were written bythe same individual using with fic-titious names. She is actuallyPatricia Magda (aka PatriciaDunbar).The surnames she uses inthe letters tweak her own surnames,while the first names she uses dothe same with her daughters’names. She wants to give the im-pression of a pattern of complaints.

Ms. Magda is literally bitingthe hand that feeds her. She hasbeen consistently and generouslyhelped by St. Raphael’s (and bySt. Teresa’s) Food Pantries, as wellas by individual parishioners here.Moreover, when her estrangedhusband died about three years ago,this church assisted her with thecosts of the funeral service.

St. Raphael’s Food Pantry cur-rently feeds about 1700 homelessand food-insecure individuals eachmonth, and receives exemplarygrades in all inspections of its ser-vices and operations. Its effective

outreach is so widely recognizedin the community that, after Hurri-cane Sandy, it was immediatelyrecruited by Catholic Charities asa resource for storm victims. Lastweek, the American Red Cross alsosought the Pantry’s assistance inthis regard.

Ms. Magda mentions the mere$10 gift card that Pantry clientsreceived at Thanksgiving time.Please realize that we are talkingabout thousands of dollars worth ofsuch $10 cards, all underwritten bythe generosity of St. Raphael pa-rishioners. We would have pre-ferred to distribute the $20 cardswe did last year, but the increasedclientele, plus the storm impact andthe economy, stretched limited re-sources that thin. In addition to thecard, each client also received alarger-than-usual amount of food.

I want to assure all area resi-dents who know about, help or usethe Pantry that every item of do-nated food, whether left in the foodbaskets in church or collectedthrough community support, is dis-tributed justly to needy persons,and is not stolen by Pantry work-ers or rerouted, in Ms. Magda’swords, to “favorite clients”. Thesefalse accusations dispirit our help-ers, all of whom are dedicated,unpaid volunteers.

I invite you and your readers tostop by to see the Food Pantry inoperation, speak with the coordina-tor and volunteers (especially theones who assist Ms. Magda in hervisits), and perhaps even witnessfirsthand people receiving a lot morethan the “rice and beans” mentioned.

Those who know the letter-writer are not surprised by herzingers. However, the members ofSt. Raphael parish, who have sac-rificed extensively over the yearsto offer the Food Pantry to needypersons in the neighborhood, aresurprised that more fact-checkingdid not precede the publication ofher vilifying comments. Most im-portantly, we hope this will nothappen again.

Thank you for your invitationto voice these matters in theWoodside Herald.

-Father Jerry Jecewiz

Dear Editor,I write this letter in response to

the woman who wrote the ‘letter tothe editor’ on Nov. 30th, about theFOOD PANTRY, to the peoplewho volunteer and to the peoplewho find the necessity to go. Icommend all the volunteers thatare gracious and care about theircommunity, as they do the bestwith what they are given and arefair on how they distribute thatwish they receive.

Lets talk Turkey: The food pan-try at St. Theresa’s receives but somany Turkey’s - not enough forthe whole community, so they de-cided to allow the large families toreceive the turkeys. The well-dressed man in your letter - hereceived a turkey because he has alarge family and NO, he did notreceive any other turkeys at anyother pantries… I know this be-cause he’s my food pantry buddy.We always go early to be the firstto leave and not because we get

first pick, but because what theygive us is no different from the lastperson to receive. St. Raphael didgive out a $10.00 Foodtown giftcard. “We are sorry we don’t havemore to give you and hope thishelps,” is what we were told whenwe received the gift card. Does thishelp? Yes it does, especially forthose who are barely making endsmeet. We go to the food pantriesbecause of necessity. A lot of thesefamilies have lost jobs and needthe extra help and are grateful forwhat they receive. Unlike the per-son who complained about whatshe didn’t get: i.e. a turkey andreceiving the same old vegetable.To the writer of this letter, I sayNEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSEIN THE MOUTH. And if you aretired of what you receive, thendon’t utilize the food pantries. Yourletter was not fair to the volunteers.So to them ‘Thank you’ for doingwhat you do and GOD BLESS.

Thank You,Lydia Caraballo

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

of the Woodside Herald.

Letters To

The Editor

Editors Note: In hindsight we regret the printing ofthese letters because of the controversy they’vecaused and time that has been wasted in a negativedirection. Woodside Herald has always tried toelevate the community in the past and will continueon that path moving forward. While we were dupedby false identity, we are taking something valuableaway from this issue for the future.

FOODPANTRY

Letter writers are entitled totheir own opinions, but nottheir own facts. As with anyletter, writers speak only for

themselves or theirorganizations: publicationshould not be taken as an

endorsement of that view byWoodside Herald. The aim is tostimulate discussion, not end it.

Be Heard!To submit your

Letters to the Editor:Mail to P.O. Box 7097

Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 Email them to

[email protected]

Please include your full name,mailing address, phone

number and email address.Letters that do not containfull contact info will not be

published. Editor reserves theright to edit and/ or decline

letters to be published.



ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT!Saturday Dec. 8th @ 7 PM

Sunnyside Reformed Church, 4803 Skillman Ave. (Corner 48th & Skillman)Featuring ‘O Sole Trio’ with

David Shenton, Giuseppe Spoletino and Erin Sheilds in aFREE Show of Jazz, Holiday Tunes and Opera for the whole family!

Free refreshments at intermission.Donations gratefully accepted but not required. For Info call (718) 426-5997

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Here’s the rundown on upcoming events:

DWTCS Correction On November 3rd Jessica Burchand Ernesto Abreu won first placeat the Boys & Girls Club ofSunnyside & Woodside’s 3rd An-nual “Dancing with the Commu-nity Stars” event. Jessica is thedean of Media and Arts at I.S. 5and danced for the Lauren JonesMemorial fund. This fund wasstarted at the Frank Sinatra Schooland the Jones Family after LaurenJones, Jessica’s cousin, unexpect-edly passed away from naturalcauses at 17, just months beforeher high school graduation. Themoney goes towards a collegescholarship to a high school seniorat the Frank Sinatra School. Jes-sica raised $2400 for her cousin’sfund and a well deserving senior togo to college. The Boys & GirlsClub of Sunnyside & Woodsideproudly acknowledges JessicaBurch as the 3rd annual winner of“Dancing with the CommunityStars!” For more information andhow to support contact us atwww.swbgc.org.

Photo Left: Jessica Burch andMeryl Jones (Lauren’s Mom).

This Holiday

Shop Local!Local!Local!Local!Local!Spending your money within your community

helps your neighborhood grow! This season lookfor the OPPORTUNITY to spend money locally!

Queens is so busy that the Woodside Herald only has space toinform of the Western Queens activities this week .

December 7th, Free First Fridays, 5:30pm – 8pmAfter a tremendous recovery effort, Noguchi gets back to its

regular programming. A museum educator talks about works in thecollection, followed by a film series. The Noguchi Museum, 9-0133 Rd., LIC.

December 8th, O Sole Trio, 7pm – 9pmThis group, which has a residency at the prestigious Metropoli-

tan Room, will delight with piano and operatic voice. SunnysideReformed Church, 48-03 Skillman Ave. 718.426.5997.

December 8th, Dotty Dot @ 2pmChildren’s musical about a very bossy little girl and her gang

of quirky friends as they adventure to put on a play. Secret Theatre,44-02 23rd St., Long Island City, [email protected],718.392.0722.

December 8th, The Art of the Gift, Noon – 2pmContemporary artists led activities for those who want to make

creative holiday gifts. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., LIC,718.361.1750.

Dec 8th, Book Extravaganza Fundraiser,10am – 4pm

Books on such topics as history, children’s, non-fiction, fic-tion, sports, cookbooks and biographies. 35-20 Broadway, LIC,718.278.0700.

December 9th, 15th & 16th: Noon - 5pmFree Pics with Santa

Sunnyside Shines, 45-56 43rd St., 718.606.1800.

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