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Winning lower grade poster by Farista Alam.

by Patricia Dorfman

The Commanding Officer, JohnTravaglia, left, of the 108 Precinct,was promoted from Captain toDeputy Inspector June 24 and onthe last meeting till fall of the 108Community Council. Dep. Insp.Travaglia profusely praised hisExecutive Officer, Special Opera-tions Lt. Jonathan Cimelli, givinghim a “Cop of the Month” award.Cimelli also received a promotionJune 24 to the rank of Captain,which indicates he may soon beassigned to command a precinct.Cimelli’s family attended to see

him honored. Travaglia joked thatthe department promoted “the twoItalian guys,” and seriously thankedhis “XO” for his “tireless efforts”and for the understanding ofCimelli’s family also in attendance.

The June 28 meeting alsobrought complaints from residentsabout confidence crime on the tele-phone, in person and while driv-ing, not enough police presence,fair weather increase of noise andnuisance. Attendees said there weretroubles particularly in thunderousnightclub, and in the WindmullerPark area, with distress about in-

creased homeless presence, publicurination, bathing, dressing andmarijuana use, still illegal.There will be “frozen area” sur-rounding Gantry State Park toheighten security July 3 throughMonday, July 4, for the Macy’sFireworks Display. Council presi-dent Diane Ballek announced thatthe annual “Night Out on Crime”would occur on August 2 at TornseyPark on Skillman Avenue at 43rd

Street, with the usual free enter-tainment for children and food.The C.O. asked Auxiliary Coordi-nator P.O. Jeffrey Peattie to speakon behalf of two NYPD Aux offic-ers honored, P.O. Yesenia Rojo,with 350 hours so far this year as avolunteer. Rojo is applying to workas a Miami cop. A second honoreewas NYPD Aux. Sgt DanielFlaherty, who has racked up 400hours. Peatti praised him as the “go-to” guy and said Flaherty has servedthe community since 2006. Thoseinterested in volunteering as Auxil-iary should call 718-784-5420.Of interest to all was the 108 Twit-ter posting of a photograph of a“corn snake” captured near 59th

Street, thought to been an escapedpet. Attendees laughed whenTravagalia mentioned that the snake,which is not dangerous, was taken toAnimal Control in Manhattan to lo-cate its owner or put it up for adoption.

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Dep. Insp. Travaglia is points to Capt. Cimellito show his respect for his work.

Queens Criminal Court Judge Gia Morris has ruled that a partof Mayor De Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, failure to exercise duecare, is unconstitutional. Morris ruled that it violates the defen-

dants’ right to due process. Drivers have to prove that they weren’tdriving negligently. The constitution details that we are

presumed innocent until proven guilty. Mayor DeBlasio’s office was not deterred by the ruling and

continues to encourage NYPD officers to en-force ‘failure to exercise due care’. It would,

however, be up to the NYPD officersand the District Attorneys to use

the city’s administrativecode. The NYPD has ar-

rested 18 drivers for fail-ing to exercise due care

this year (June 2016).


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every year. It’s also why I’ve fought to build new schoolsthroughout Western Queens, overseeing the funding or con-struction of 10 new schools during my time in office.”

Majority Leader VanBramer with studentJulia Wu at PS 150

Van Bramer withstudent Aohona

Chowdhury at PS 152Van Bramer with student Samira

Murad at PS 199

Last week, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer spoke at the 5th grade graduations of schools throughoutWestern Queens, including PS 166, PS 76, PS/IS 78, PS 112, PS 152, PS 199, PS 150, and Growing Up GreenCharter School. Van Bramer also presented academic excellence awards to graduates of each school.

Awardees included Vanessa Garcia, Alexa Paras and Alexander Hattel of PS 166; Mathew Guerrero andNafizur Rahman of PS 76; Katalina Cosme and Daniel Pitis of PS/IS 78; Somaia Sultana and MohammedMahmud of PS 112; Maryam Mroveh and Aohona Chowdhury of PS 152; Samira Murad and GuadalupeGarcia of PS 199; and Patricia Castañeda, Jayden Lai, Julia Wu and Kelsey Eras of PS 150.

The Majority Leader has consistently invested in the children of Western Queens, allocating over $2.8million for capital upgrades in schools in the district this year alone.

“I’m proud to invest in the next generation of Queens residents,” said Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer.“Children throughout Western Queens deserve the best schools possible. That’s why I’ve invested this funding



KICK OFF FUNDRAISER“ROAD TO GREATNESS”

Road to Greatness to use charity funds toprovide after-school arts and sports pro-grams in Sunnyside/Woodside, communi-ties with great need

Thursday, June 30th, 2016, Road toGreatness (R2G) hosts official kick-off cel-ebration for a newly founded Queens-basednon-profit organization. The organization’sfundraising event - “The 30 for 30 Party” -aims to bolster R2G’s programming thisFall. “The 30 for 30 Party” will be held from7-11pm at Maggie Mae’s, located at 41-15Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens,11104. Food and drinks will be sponsoredby local small businesses. Many localInstagrammers, including well-known@queenscapes, @takinyerphoto@astoriabout, and @qofastoria, have joinedforces to help raise funds. All proceeds fromthe event will directly benefit R2G’s mis-sion of cultivating leadership within theyouth while advancing the socio economicgrowth of communities in Queens.

Following the disbanding of a popularyouth program in June 2014, SunnysiderKenny Medrano took action to create a newprogram, and began developing partnershipswith local churches, community groups, andcivic associations to provide extracurricularprograms for students. Building off the con-fidence of creating those programs, he offi-cially founded Road to Greatness in May2015. In April 2016, R2G started its ownpilot sports and arts program at P.S. 199Q inSunnyside. Currently R2G is raising fundswith the goal of maintaining this after-schoolprogramming for children in Queens. At-tached are photos taken during this Spring’g

programming. Photo credit Ryan Krukowski.“Road to Greatness was created with the

belief that every person has the ability toachieve their own greatness,” said KennyMedrano, Founder and President of R2Gwho was an at-risk youth himself. “Somepeople are actively pursuing that greatness,while others need motivation to begin chart-ing their own path. My peers and I grew upfacing struggles, and we know first-handthat sometimes you just need a positivefigure – one that is there to help our localyouth chart that path of success, and foster asupport network to help them thrive. Road toGreatness was founded on that principle.”

“We understand that parents cannotalways provide all the help and supporttheir children might need in order to excelin their studies,” said Reverend Neil A.Margetson, Sunnyside Reformed Church.“Consequently, Road to Greatness meets acritical need in our neighborhood ofSunnyside-Woodside.”

“Road to Greatness is such an amazingplace where kids come together to draw,play, and interact with one another,” saidTara Delasnueces, a local parent of a 10-year-old student participating in R2G’s pro-gram. “The kids love it and are alwayslooking forward to attending. We’re all verygrateful for Kenny’s determination to getthis program started the community needsmore people like him with the mindset tomake children a priority.”

R2G will be collecting donationsthroughout the year. New Yorkers inter-ested in donating to the cause can go to:http://www.roadtogreatness.nyc/donate/



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This writer, on the council 12 years,has stepped down as VP, in due to lackof time! Donald McCallian goes fromTreasurer to VP, Frank Corrado re-mains as Sergeant at Arms, and DianeBallek remains as President. Gertrude

AND AVIPER?

McDonald attended, who served manyyears on the Council, and turns 100 onAugust 8! There are 86 Councils inNYC, and the public is welcome tomonthly meetings at Sunnyside Com-munity Services starting again in thefall, to give direct access to 108 offic-ers about criminal matters of concern,hear statistics on crime, as well asupdates on security matters of interestto the public.

NO BULLYING HERE!by Peter Ross

On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 theKiwanis Club of Sunnyside announcedthe winners of its 47th Annual Ben-jamin M. Shaw Essay Contest at aspecial awards luncheon held at Side-tracks Restaurant. The topic of thecontest this year was “What can bedone to prevent bullying?”, an issuethat is central to the Kiwanis NewYork District Governor Forbes Irvine’sfour part year long Governor’s Project.The contest once again saw participa-tion by the 5th through the 8th grades offive local elementary and intermediateschools in the Sunnyside, Woodsideand Long Island City areas. It is con-ducted with the intention of advancingand highlighting the creative and aca-demic skills of our neighborhoodyouth. This project is one of manyinitiatives the Kiwanis Club ofSunnyside holds annually for the ben-efit of local children. The essays wereread by a panel of Kiwanis membersand selected adults and graded fromfirst to third place for each grade sub-mitted in each school. A grand prizewinner was then selected from a blindsubmission and review of all the firstplace winners. This Grand Prize win-ner has the additional distinction ofhaving his/her name and school en-graved on a special perpetual trophycup which akin to the Stanley Cup isheld by the Grand Prize winner’s schoolfor a year until the next year’s contestvictor is announced. Attending theluncheon at the Club’s expense wereall the first place grade winners, theirparents, and a school staff representa-tive. Several of the Kiwanis memberswere present to cheer for each awardrecipient. Kiwanis Club PresidentWilliam Sadd literally raced in fromManhattan on his lunch hour to presenteach of the awardees with a certificate,

a scholarship medal, and a Staples giftcard courtesy of the Kiwanis Club ofSunnyside while Club Secretary CarolMasiello opened up the event by giv-ing a short history of the essay contestand its namesake Benjamin M. Shaw.Essay Contest Chairperson Peter Rosswas on hand to take photos and memo-rialize the event.

The essays portrayed the ills andevils of bullying, its physical and men-tal effects on its victims (and somecases the persons effecting the bully-ing) and the various ways in which it isenacted (face to face and by electronicmeans). The essays were written byyouth who both were bullied and oth-ers who admitted to being bullies buthave seen the error of their ways andlastly by others that were friends ofbullied persons and helped stand upfor them. The experiences ran thegamut of this topic and you can see thewriting was heartfelt. The first placegrade winners this year for the respec-tive schools were: PS 199Q- AkritiKhanal (5th); PS 150Q- Sebastian Bravo(5th), Ethan Wong (6th); IS 125Q- NicolCajamarca (6th), Christopher Peralta(7th) and Kreetana Bhusal (8th); TheRazi School- Tasnim Chowdhury (5th),Nasif Chowdhury (6th), Ummol Fatema(7th) and Azka Munawar (8th); SaintSebastian’s School- Connie Chen (5th),Helen Aguero (6th), Zara Kenneally(7th), and Tyler Gomes (8th). The GrandPrize for 2016 was then announcedafter lunch and was awarded toKreetana Bhusal of Woodside JHS-IS125Q who also was a first place winnerfor her school/grade two years prior.This broke the streak of three straightyears that the Benjamin Shaw Cup hasresided at Saint Sebastian School andthey vowed it would return next year(!).In all a great time was had by the awardwinner, their families, and faculty

members and each was looking for-ward to next year and a chance to writeonce again.

For further information on theBenjamin M. Shaw Essay Contest, theKiwanis Club of Sunnyside and itsmany community programs or for in-formation on membership in the Clubplease contact President William Saddat [email protected] are always looking for a fewgood men and women who want tomake a difference in our neighbor-hood and beyond. Could that personbe you? Find out by stopping by one oftheir bi-monthly Club meetings held atSidetracks Restaurant from 6:00 to7:30 PM every second and fourthWednesday of each month.

L-R: Dep. Insp. Travaglia, P.O.Jeffrey Peattie, Aux. Sgt.Mohammed Kalil, Aux. Sgt.Daniel Flaherty, and Aux. P.O.Yesenia Rojo.



• LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICESUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSWITH NOTICE STATE OF NEWYORK - INDEX NO.: 708841/2014 SUPREME COURT:COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBCBANK USA, NATIONALASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF SARM 2005-18,Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWNHEIRS TO THE ESTATE OFPEDRO GATTAS, ADRIANA D.GATTAS, if living, and if dead,the respective heirs at law, next ofkin, distributees, executors,administrators, trustees, devisees,legatees, assignors, l ienors,creditors and successors ininterest, and generally all personshaving or claiming under, by orthrough said Defendants who maybe deceased, by purchase,inheritance, lien or otherwise ofany right, title or interest in and tothe premises described in thecomplaint herein, and theirrespective husbands, wives orwidows, if any, and each and everyperson not specifically named whomay be entitled to or claim to haveany right, title or interest in theproperty described in the verifiedcomplaint; all of whom and whosenames and places of residenceunknown, and cannot after diligentinquiry be ascertained by thePlaintiff, NEW YORK CITYENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLBOARD, NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF TAXATIONAND FINANCE, UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA,Defendants. MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 1422 Gipson Street,Far Rockaway, New York 11691BL #: 15655-19 Plaintiffdesignates QUEENS County asthe place of trial; venue is basedupon the county in which themortgaged premises is situate. TOTHE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS: YOU AREHEREBY SUMMONED toanswer the Complaint in this actionand to serve a copy of your answer,or, if the Complaint is not servedwith this Summons, to serve anotice of appearance on theattorneys for the Plaintiff within20 days after the service of thisSummons, exclusive of the day ofservice (or within 30 days afterservice is complete if thisSummons is not personallydelivered to you within the Stateof New York). In case of yourfailure to appear or answer,judgment will be taken against youby default for the relief demandedin the Complaint. NOTICE YOUARE IN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOTRESPOND TO THIS SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT BYSERVING A COPY OF THEANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE MORTGAGECOMPANY WHO FILED THISFORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU AND FILINGTHE ANSWER WITH THECOURT, A DEFAULTJUDGMENT MAY BEENTERED AND YOU CANLOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAKTO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TOTHE COURT WHERE YOURCASE IS PENDING FORFURTHER INFORMATION ONHOW TO ANSWER THESUMMONS AND PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY. SENDING

CITATIONFile No: 2014-579 / ASURROGATE’S COURT –QUEENS COUNTYCITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORKBy the Grace of God Free andIndependentTO: EDWARD BORG, if livingand if dead, to his heirs at law,next of kin and distributees whosenames and places of residence areunknown, and if he diedsubsequent to the decedent herein,to his executors, administrators,legatees, devisees, assignees, andsuccessors in interest whose namesand places of residence areunknown and cannot beascertained after due diligence.A Petition having been duly filedby Spencer H. Wilson, who isdomiciled at 796 Edward Street,Baldwin, New York 11510,YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court , QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York,on the 28th day of July,2016, at 9:30 A.M. of that day,why a decree should not be madein the estate of RUDOLF PIZL a/k/a RUDOLPH PIZL latelydomiciled at 195-07 42nd Avenue,Flushing, New York 11358,declaring that the Wells FargoAdvantage Fund, AccountNumbers 4325-8070224201 and3018- 8070224201, comprisingthe assets of the “Declaration ofTrust dated June 27, 1960, whereinthe decedent, Rudolf Pizl, was thenamed Trustee under declarationof trust for Frances M. Pizl,deceased, and Edward Borg wasnamed successor trustee, are nowowned by the Estate of RudolfPizl; that the Trust be terminated,and the Petitioner, Spencer H.Wilson, be appointed SuccessorTrustee to administer theDeclaration of Trust dated June27, 1960; and for such other andfurther relief as to this Court mayseem just and proper.HON. PETER J. KELLYSurrogateJune 16, 2016___SealMargaret M. Gribbon Chief ClerkCynthia M. Burke Attorney forPetitioner(516) 833-5135 TelephoneNumber591 Stewart Avenue, 4th Floor,Garden City, New York 11530Address of Attorney[Note: This citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot required to appear. If you failto appear it will be assumed youdo not object to the reliefrequested. You have a right tohave an attorney appear for you.]6/24/16, 7/1/16, 7/8/16, 7/15/16

A PAYMENT TO YOURMORTGAGE COMPANY WILLNOT STOP THISFORECLOSURE ACTION. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERVINGA COPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING THEANSWER WITH THE COURT.THE OBJECT of the abovecaptioned action is to foreclose aMortgage to secure $400,000.00and interest, recorded in the Officeof the Clerk of QUEENS on July21,2005, in CRFN NUMBER2005000409228, coveringpremises known as 1422 GipsonStreet, Far Rockaway, New York11691, - BL #: 15655-19. Therelief sought in the within actionis a final judgment directing thesale of the premises describedabove to satisfy the debt securedby the Mortgage described above.The Plaintiff also seeks adeficiency judgment against theDefendants and for any debtsecured by said Mortgage whichis not satisfied by the proceeds ofthe sale of said premises. TO theDefendants UNKNOWN HEIRSTO THE ESTATE OF PEDROGATTAS, the foregoingSupplemental Summons withNotice is served upon you bypublication pursuant to an Orderof the Hon. LESLIE J.PURIFICACION of the SupremeCourt of the State of New York,dated THE 23rd day of September2015. McCabe, Weisberg &Conway, P.C. By: Sonia J. Baez,Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145Huguenot St., Ste. 210 NewRochelle, NY 10801 P. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636- 8 1Dated: NewRochelle, NY August 11,2015RAS Boriskin, LLC IncomingCounsel for Plaintiff 900Merchants Concourse Westbury,New York 11590 Phone: (516)280-7675 6/10/16, 6/17/16, 6/24/16, 7/1/16

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by Curt Faden LCSW ACSW-

R: School Social Worker

Bullying is intentional and re-peated behavior which is forceful,threatening, and aggressive, andaims to cause injury and discom-fort to others. Bullies and theirhenchman (followers) have little,if any regard for those they bully.Everybody deserves the right tofeel free in their community, andbe comfortable in their surround-ings. Bullies just don’t care enough,but at PS 199Q , we do!

The PS 199- Q CommunityAwareness Program created a newproject this year: The PS 199-QAnti-Bullying Campaign. The PS199- Q Community AwarenessProgram committee members re-searched the meaning of bullying,and spoke about methods and tac-tics bullies use, and the effects thatbullies have on others as well as inour communities.

With the aim of encouragingconversations between students,educators, and families through-out our community, The PS 199-QAnti-Bullying Campaign providedinformation about bullying throughPS announcements and handoutsand held an Anti-Bullying posterand essay contest. Students wereinvited to submit posters and es-says relating to bullying topics.We had over 80 posters and 20articles submitted. Quality, cre-ativity, originality, and conveyingmeaningful messages and infor-

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mation were some of the consider-ations included as our Principal,Assistant Principals, Parent Out-reach Coordinator, Family Worker,Parent-Teacher Association rep-resentative, Secretaries, Teachers,Security Guard, Guidance Coun-selor and Social Worker selectedwinning posters and essays. ThePS 199-Q community AwarenessProgram will be supplying manyprints of our winning posters tovarious establishments in our com-munity during a community walkand out-reach event. We invite thefirst 20 establishments that wouldlike a PS 199-Q Anti-BullyingCampaign poster to contact ThePS 199-Q Community AwarenessProgram at PS 199-Q. We hopeyou enjoy and embrace the 1st placeposters and essays that we are shar-ing with you.

A special thank you to Mr.Anthony Inzerillo – PS 199Q Prin-cipal who has given his on goingsupport to the PS 199Q Anti-Bul-lying Campaign as well as the vari-ous projects engaged in by The PS199Q Community Awareness Pro-gram. This year’s PS 199-Q Com-munity Awareness Program mem-bers include 2nd graders: EmmaAyende and Ethan Moyon. 4th

graders: Mahad Ahmed, AngeliqueDutan, and Deja Suero. 5th grad-ers: Isaac Choi, PatrickChzranowdki, and MikaelVasquez, and School SocialWorker, Mr. Curt Faden.

WINNERS OF THELower Grade essay: Sameek Gautam, Alex Llapa, Kenny Sinchi, Alexander

Benchocron, Mariel Montiel, Cinta Martinez, and Sha Alam: Class 1-105PS 199-QANTI-BULLYINGPOSTER CONTEST:

POSTERS: PS 199Q – Upper grades:1st Place: Sheyla Sabotic, Class 4-211,2nd Place: Kelly Zentano, Class 3-108, and3rd Place Tie: Ethan Alamgir, Class 5-207, and3rd Place tie: Jonathan Lee, Christian Tavira, Dereck Mateo, and

Felipe Martinez, Class 4-205.

POSTERS: PS 199Q – Lower grades:1st Place: Farista Alam, Class 1-105, and2nd Place: Class K-003

WINNERS OF THEESSAY CONTEST:

Essays: PS 199Q – Upper grades:1st Place: Daniel Zambrano, Class 3-1082nd Place: Carolina Barriga, Class 5-3103rd Place: Bryan Primo, Class 4-211

ESSAYS: PS 199Q – Lower grades:1st Place: Sameek Gautam, Alex Llapa, Kenny Sinchi, Alexander

Benchocron, Mariel Montiel, Cintia Martinez, and Sha Alam:Class 1-105

FIRST PLACE WINNERS!

Top row, left to right, then bottom row left to right: Sameek Gautam, Alex Llapa, Kenny Sinchi,Alexander Benchocron, Mariel Montiel, Cintia Martinez, and Sha Alam: Teacher - Ms. Fotina Sarantis.

MY 1ST GRADE STUDENTS ARETALKING ABOUT BULLYING

LOWER GRADE ESSAY CONTEST

by Ms. Fotini Sarantis – Class 1-105R

Bullying is when it happensagain and again. Stop bullying!We want to stop bullying becausewe want there to be a happy world.Some ways to stop bullying is bybeing kind to your friend. Stopbullies from being bad to every-one. Bullying is bad to kids andpeople. You have to stop bullying.- Alex

Bullying is bad because youare going to get hurt. –Alexander

Bullying is when you bothersomeone all the time. We want tostop bulling because the world willbe bad. Some ways to stop bully-ing is by not being mean and stoppicking on someone. Bullying

can’t be used anywhere. Also bybullying it can make other peoplenot come outside wherever they’vebeen bullied. The word bullying isnot used right. If you hit someoneand you do that every day, that isbullying. Bullying is so not nicethat people will stay away from theeach other. Bullying has to stopand not exist -Sameek

Bulling is when you do thingsover and over again. We want tostop bulling because we don’t wantto hurt people’s feelings. Someways to stop bullying is by sayingsorry and stop bullying. –Cintia

Bullying is when you are meanto your friends and teacher andmake your friends feel sad. We

want to stop bullying by telling theteacher if someone is bullying. Ifyou are bullied, tell your mom. Donot pick on someone. - Mariel

Bullying is when someone getspicked on every day. We want tostop bullying because we can hurtsomeone’s feelings. One way tostop bulling is by saying stopbulling or I will tell an adult. -Kenny

Bullying is when someone ismaking fun of you every day.Sometimes bullies hit, tease ormake fun of your name. Bullyingis not allowed at school becauseyou can get in trouble. School isnot for bullying. School is a placeto be kind. No bullying! – Sha

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KEEPING BODY &

L-R: Holistic coach James Duignam, the popular Reginald“Regie” Tiu of Restore Plus Physical Therapy, reporter TomCogan, Chamber president Manny Gomez, Sunnyside Artist boardmember & photographer Peter Killeen, DeMole Restaurant host &chef Ramiro Mendez, mental health counselor & holistic therapistJennifer Colton, Postural Specialist and Gyrotonic expert NatalieGraniela, immigration attorney Eve Guillergan, Esq, and retiredinvestment executive Richard Drake. Kneeling in front is web/graphic designer Brandon Mosley, recognized June 29 forcommunity work for Access Queens as an LBGTQ honoree, givenby Boro Pres Melinda Katz, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer &Councilman Daniel Dromm.

SOUL TOGETHER

by Patricia Dorfman

Queens business owners withexpertise in healing body and mindmade the June 27 last monthlymeeting till fall of the SunnysideChamber of Commerce both funand instructive. All sipped wine,beer and fresh juice and ate withgusto the Mexican-cuisine inspiredfinger foods at DeMole Restaurantin Woodside, made vegetarian orvegan for the holistic-health-in-spired showcase.((“I alreadystarted the floor/chair tip I learnedat the last meeting from NatalieGraniela and it is helping,” saidchamber member Brandon Mosley.The lithe Graniela explained hermethods and led all in a few exer-cises which could be done any-where and suggested that evenstanding up from a seated positionwithout hands once an hour is help-ful. “Our bodies are starved foroxygen,” she said.

Therapist Jennifer Colton,who has a gentle way about her,shared her story of overcomingher post 9/11 PSTD, which hadprevented travel in crowds, andhanded out a flyer with over 40tips to feel better fast in the work-place or at home. Colton special-izes in successful mind-body-spirit techniques for her patientsas well as traditional therapy andcoaching. Each speaker donated agift certificate for an hour sessionfor the free raffle, won by MarlinSanchez and Gladys Moran.Among many deMole dishesseeming to revive guests immedi-ately included roasted salsa, ripetomato gazpacho, arugula and tofuburritos, and grilled cactus tacos.Ramiro’s extended family, includ-ing his son Luis, helped with theoccasion at the internationally rec-ognized mom and pop, located at45th Street and 48th Avenue.

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