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News BriefsCity to Embrace Stop And Frisk Reform

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City has reached an agreement with civil rights lawyers who had challenged the NYPD’s Stop and Frisk policy, which would allow reforms ordered by Manhattan District Court Judge Shira Scheind-lin last year to be carried out.

The Mayor pledged to reunite police with communities across the City and to respect the constitutional rights of every New Yorker.

“This is a defining moment in our history. It’s a defining moment for millions of our families, especially those with young men of color. And it will lay the foundation for not only keeping us the safest big city in America, but making us safer still,” de Blasio said in a statement.

Under the agreement a court-appointed monitor will serve for three years, overseeing the NYPD’s reform of Stop and Frisk. The moni-tor is empowered to report to fed-eral court on the City’s progress meeting its obligation to abide by the Constitution.

The City has already taken the first step in the process by asking the Court of Appeals to remand the case to the District Court. Both the City’s law department and the plain-tiffs have agreed to recommend to the District Court that the monitor supervision will have oversight for three years, on the condition that the NYPD is in substantial compliance with the decree. Once that resolution has been confirmed by the District Court, the City will immediately move to withdraw its appeal.

“I am proud to stand with the Mayor today for this announce-ment,” said Queens Borough Presi-dent Melinda Katz in a statement. “It is critical that we restore trust and faith in every community in this City and begin to repair rela-tionships. With effective commu-nity policing, New York can remain

the safest big city in this country, while serving all of its residents with respect.”

1997 Richmond Hill Rap-ist Indicted

On Monday, Queens DA Richard Brown announced that Johnny Du-pree, a 55-year-old incarcerated man, has been indicted on charges of rap-ing two women in separate attacks in Queens more than 16 years ago after a DNA hit linked him to the crimes.

Dupree, who is presently serving a sentence of sixteen years to life in prison as a persistent violent felony offender on a 2000 burglary case, was arraigned on charges of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sodomy. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

According to the charges, at ap-proximately 4:00 a.m., on July 11, 1997, Dupree allegedly entered a basement apartment located on 129 Street in Richmond Hill through an unlocked door where the 23-year-old female victim was asleep with her three children. She awoke to find a stranger, Dupree, crouching in her bedroom. He allegedly grabbed her, placed a knife to her throat and de-manded cash. She gave him $20 after which he allegedly sodomized and raped her before fleeing.

In the second incident, at approxi-mately 1:00 a.m., on Nov. 9, 1997, Dupree is accused of breaking into an apartment on 130th Street in Richmond Hill, where the 24-year-old female victim was sleeping. He is alleged to have displayed a knife and raped the victim before fleeing.

Brown said that rape kits from New York City were all tested more than a decade ago but many did not yield DNA profiles at the time.

To date, the DA’s cold case initia-tive has resulted in 13 John Doe in-dictments covering 17 separate crimi-nal incidents, as well the indictments of two named individuals, including Dupree.

Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2014 PRESS of Southeast Queens

Presstime

BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA

“The gloves are off” said Council-man Donovan Richards (D-Laurel-ton), who was just appointed as chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection by Council Speaker Melis-sa Mark-Viverito earlier this month.

For the first time in history, South-east Queens, notorious for its flood-ing issues, has one of its own elected officials serving as chairman of the committee, which oversees the Dept. of Environmental Protection.

In his new capacity, Richards said he is committed to helping the resi-dents of Southeast Queens, who have been combating flooding for nearly two decades.

“This is the number one issue in Southeast Queens,” he said. “No mat-ter which elected official you speak to in Southeast Queens – this is their number one issue. So this was criti-cal and I am so elated the Speaker was so gracious to appoint me.”

All too familiar with the rising wa-ter table and flooding problems that plague the district and neighboring communities, Richards said he has always had his eye on the seat.

“It’s an important position for our community,” he said. “When I set out to be councilman, there were certain issues that I thought were critical to the well-being of Southeast Queens and New York City as a whole that I thought were not being addressed in the most appropriate manner.”

“It’s what led the Speaker to appoint me to chairing this committee,” he add-ed. “When we were going through the entire process, I laid out the things that were critical to the community and she [Mark-Viverito] heard my cry.”

As chairman, Richards said one of his first priorities is to explore the possibility of reopening the Jamaica Water Supply wells, which were pur-chased by the DEP in 1996 and sub-sequently shut down due to operat-ing costs that same year.

Because the DEP stopped pump-ing the wells from 1996 to 2007, resi-dents experienced worsening flood-ing conditions, with the water table rising approximately 35 feet.

Some relief could be seen between August and November of 2012 when the DEP ran one system of its wells – Station 6. Within that three-month period, the water table dropped eight to 10 feet and 10 million gallons of water were being pumped out of the neighborhood every day.

But the DEP again shut down the well due to operational costs, planning to reopen Station 6 in 2018, when the

Environmental Chair Richards Looks To Future

Delaware Aqueduct will be closed and it will have to find other ways to pro-vide drinking water to New York City.

“I want a better understanding of why the DEP shut down the wells. There’s a lot of hearsay,” Richards said. “Having the station open can be a resource in lowering the water table in Southeast Queens and for some of the areas that have been experienc-ing flooding for so long.”

“As the guy who has oversight

over the DEP, I can make sure I hold the DEP accountable in things that should have been done. I want to know why these things are delayed,” he added. “If they give me a good rea-son, I’m going to bring that back to the community, but at the same time, my job as new chair is to hold their feet to the fire. Obviously, Southeast Queens is near and dear to my heart and the DEP is going to see that.”

As chairman, Richards said he also wants to ensure that Southeast Queens will get its fair share in fund-ing from Exxon Mobil, which was federally mandated to pay $105 mil-lion to clean up drinking water wells in Southeast Queens that it contami-nated with the dangerous chemical, MTBE.

“We will be speaking with the de Blasio Administration to make sure that some of this money goes into the community, because it could be utilized to alleviate some of the flooding issues,” he said. “We are definitely going to hold them respon-sible and make sure we put just as much pressure on the City to ensure

that money is being utilized.”Though flooding in Southeast

Queens and across the City will be one of his biggest focuses, there are many other issues that Richards said he is looking forward to address as the committee’s new chair.

“I think Jim Gennaro did a great job as chair. There were issues he prior-itized, like climate change and I got to learn a great deal from him. But mov-ing forward, my priorities are going to be a little different than his,” he said.

“Fracking is going to be a huge issue. Noise pollution is critical too because now, I can look at the noise code. Airplane traffic noise is also big. I know its federal but this committee has the opportunity to take a closer look on a City level,” he added.

Richards, whose district encom-passes Far Rockaway – a neighbor-hood hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy, also vowed to use his position to fight for New Yorkers who are still suffering from the aftereffects.

Reach Reporter Natalia Kozikows-ka at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or @[email protected].


A mental patient convicted of manslaughter and multiple assault charges is still at large after tricking his way out of a Queens Village psy-chiatric facility on Tuesday.

The patient, Raymond Morillo, 33, reportedly escaped from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, on Winchester Boulevard, around 11:25 a.m. by trading clothing with a friend who had gone to visit him.

After swapping clothes, he was able to walk out the hospital un-detected. His friend, still unidentified, was also able to walk out of the center, wearing Morillo’s hospital uniform.

Morillo served 15 years in prison for man-slaughter and assault af-ter shooting a man at the corner of 102nd Street and 37th Av-enue in Corona back in 1998. Upon completing his prison sentence in December, a judge ordered he be confined at Creedmoor.

In response to the news, State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) wrote a letter to the New York State Office

Convicted Killer Escapes Psych Wardof Mental Health’s commissioner, Ann Marie Sullivan, voicing his con-cerns.

“Given the criminal history of this patient, I am obviously concerned about this serious breach of hospital security and the potential risk it has created for my constituents who live nearby,” Avella wrote.

In the letter, Avella went on to demand the OMH “launch a detailed investigation” into the matter, “including how much time passed be-fore it was discovered that the patient escaped the secure unit, how and when were law enforce-ment authorities notified and how can this type of breach of security be prevented in the future.”

Benjamin Rosen, a spokesperson for the OMH, said the agency is not able comment on

any individual patient due to State laws but did offer an emailed state-ment.

“Escaped patients are a very rare occurrence within OMH’s secure psychiatric centers,” the statement read. “Per State law and OMH poli-cy, any escaped patient is immediate-

ly reported to local law enforcement and all significant incidents which occur within a facility are reported to the Justice Center for the Protec-tion of Persons with Special Needs. Additionally, OMH policy and regu-lations require reporting and a thor-ough investigation to determine root causes of serious adverse events and, when appropriate, to require poli-cy changes be made to prevent reoc-currence.”

The statement also noted that pur-suant to the Mental Hygiene Law, OMH patients have the right to visi-tors and the right to wear their own clothing while in treatment.

Morillo is described as 5-foot-11, approximately 215 lbs., with a tear drop tattoo under his left eye. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a white sweater and tan pants.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, www.nypd-crimestoppers, or can text their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.Reach Reporter Natalia Kozikows-

ka at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or [email protected] or @nkozikowska.

Councilman Donovan Richards

Raymond Morillo, a con-victed killer, is still at large after escaping from a psych ward on Tuesday.

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The streets of Cambria Heights just got a little safer for motorists.

After nearly a decade of protest from residents and local elected of-ficials, the Dept. of Transportation finally installed a set of new street lights at the accident-prone intersec-tion of Francis Lewis Boulevard and 121st Avenue.

Last week, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Council-man I. Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), whose districts cradle the major in-tersection, held a joint press confer-ence to celebrate the recent victory.

“It was a very dangerous intersec-tion. You had a high volume of traf-fic,” Richards said. “You had people trying to cut across Merrick Boule-vard using it as a short-cut. Speeding was a big issue and there were a lot of accidents – even one fatality a few years ago.”

“By the grace of God, there haven’t been more fatalities but we can’t wait until something horrible happens to respond,” he added. “We had to be preemptive and not wait until something happens to finally get something done.”

The intersection was so trouble-some, Richards said, that just weeks

DOT Installs Stop Lights At Dangerous Intersection

before the DOT installed the traffic lights, he drove by yet another bad car accident at the site.

“There was even an accident be-fore the lights were officially put up,” he said. “They had just put the poles up when the accident happened, but it wasn’t operational yet. It spoke to the importance of having this light at the intersection.”

Dwight Johnson, president of the Federated Blocks of Laurelton, echoed Richards’ sentiments, claim-

ing that prior to the installation, driv-ers were confused about who had the right of way, thereby causing a lot of accidents.

“We have been frightened about that intersection for a long time. That par-ticular intersection, it was just a dan-ger,” Johnson said. “Cars would come to that intersection and didn’t who had the right of way. With the light being there now, it’s a real blessing. It makes it a lot clearer who has the right of way and it slows the traffic down.”

Both Richards and John-son said residents of Cambria Heights and Laurelton have long been lobbying for a stop light at the dangerous intersec-tion, which is located just blocks away from a softball field, a playground and a school.

State Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park) and for-mer Councilman Leroy Com-rie both advocated for a new stop light while serving in the Council, to no avail.

Richards attributes the DOT’s relatively swift response to the recent request to a col-laborative effort between Com-munity Board 13, various civic associations and newly-elected Miller, highlighting a new era in Southeast Queens politics.

“It’s a collective effort and it shows the perks of having a new col-league in government [Miller] and what the community can accomplish together,” he said. “It adds a strength that Southeast Queens did not have for a long time. I think it’s a new day in government.”

Reach Reporter Natalia Kozikows-ka at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or [email protected] or @nkozikowska.

After nearly 10 years of frustration, the Dept. of Transportation installed a set of new traffic lights at the accident-prone intersection of Francis Lewis Boulevard and 121st Avenue.


BY JOE MARVILLI

Black History Month is a time to celebrate African-American society. In Queens, there are few places that can showcase the best of Black cul-ture as well as the Jamaica Perform-ing Arts Center.

In February, the performance ven-ue, part of the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, will host a slew of events that will honor and celebrate Black History Month. Ranging from dance to theatrical performances, the center is dedicating the coming weeks to exploring Black history and culture from many angles.

The first major event at JPAC for Black History Month will be “Amaz-ing Grace From the Auction to the White House,” which will take place on Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 16 at 4 p.m.

The dance and theatrical perfor-mance will take the audience through Black history in the United States, from the days of slavery to President Barack Obama’s landmark election. The Civil War, Emancipation Day, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Move-ment and Obama’s inauguration will all be stops through history that the show will mark with dance perfor-

JPAC Prepares For Black History Month

mances and artwork from Queens artist Shenna Vaughn.

“The idea is that any child or indi-vidual that isn’t privy to Black history will get an idea of how we came to this country and how we’ve grown and how that’s had an effect on other cultural backgrounds coming to this country,” Akua Anokye, senior program and de-velopment director at JCAL, said.

Directed and choreographed by Courtney Ffrench, the 90-minute

theatrical experience will include audience participation. Tickets for the event are $20.

On Feb. 20, a dance perfor-mance called “4 Little Girls: Dance-ology” will be held at the center. Students from the Edge School of the Arts, located in Laurelton, will depict the tragedy of the Birmingham Church Bomb-ings, an act of white supremacist terrorism that killed four girls in 1963. It is seen as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.

The event will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with tickets ranging between $10 and $20.

On Feb. 21, a performance by the St. John’s University choir will take place between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.One of the biggest events of the

month at JPAC is the Sixth Annual Black History Cultural Gala. The center will partner with Jamaica’s United African Dance Troupe for this performance that will occur on Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. The dance troupe will work with the African Love Institute on a trib-ute to Nelson Mandela. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children under the age of 12.

While JPAC is hosting many of these events, JCAL will hold a unique, two-month exhibit called “The African Diva Project.” Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes, a fine arts professor at York College, created 33 pieces of art made from 12-inch LP album covers. All of the record covers feature female African-Amer-ican artists from the full spectrum of music, such as Grace Jones and Beyonce.

“It’s beautifully done, where the faces of every artist have been replaced with an African mask,” Anokye said. “It brings together pop culture and African History. I think this will draw in people of all genera-tions.”

The gallery opening is on Feb. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will stay open until March 29, covering both Black History Month and Women’s History Month.

JPAC is located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave. JCAL is located at 161-04 Jamai-ca Ave. For more information, visit www.jamaica-performingartscenter.org, call (718) 658-7400 or email [email protected].

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @Joey788.

“4 Little Girls: Dance-ology” will take place on Feb. 20 at JPAC.


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For nearly two decades, the people of Southeast Queens have been plagued with flooding in their homes, schools and businesses. Time and time again, we’ve seen local elected officials stand up to the Dept. of Environmental Protection, but the agency continues to refuse to open the City-owned Station 6, a pumping station that, when open, removes 10 million gallons of water out of the neighborhood every day.

Now that Councilman Donovan Richards has been named the chair of the Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection, for the first time in history, Southeast Queens will have one of its own fighting for change and answers in such a capacity.

Richards has said he is “ready to hold the DEP accountable” for his constituents’ suffering, and as the man who will now over-see the City agency, we can only hope he stays true to his word. As chair, he has a real chance to make a difference in the lives of those who live in fear every time it rains –in Southeast Queens and all across the City.

Islam Through My Eyes

To The Editor: I am an 11-year-old Ameri-

can Ahmadi Muslim. My parents are from Bangladesh and I am attending sixth grade in middle school. It has been quite an experience growing up in post-9/11 America in Queens, New York with my background.

In the 5th grade, every time the topics Islam, Muslims, 9/11, or the World Trade Cen-ter were brought up, everyone, including the teacher, would stare at me as if I had something to do with this act of terrorism. In America, people associate the collapsing of the World Trade Center with Islam. They show their aggression towards us without knowing the truth about us or our religion.

Though it is true that the people who caused the World Trade Center to collapse were Muslims, they were only Mus-lims by name. Many people are not aware that the meaning of the word Islam is “peace.” I am a practicing Muslim who prays five times a day and regularly recites the Holy Quran and It makes me sad to see people spread violence in the name of Islam and send the wrong message to others.

Mirza Ghulam Haseeb,Jamaica Hills

A Terrible Tragedy To The Editor:

Our grief over Avonte Oqu-

endo’s death is compounded by the knowledge that it might have been prevented. The danger of kids running out of school cannot be eliminated but must be minimized.

Every school is required to have a Safety Plan that spells out all contingencies and delegates duties. Have you seen the Safety Plan of your child’s school? Does it cover emergencies such as intruders, fires, medical crises, environ-mental hazards, accidents and lockdowns? Is there a clear chain of command, logistical options and assignment of tasks and personnel for routine even day-to-day operations? As a parent, you have the right to this information.

Given the nature of kids and the dynamics of schools, regardless of size, population and the way they are run, there’s no such thing as a rou-tine day. Or at least such days cannot be taken for granted. Even the most tranquil school is volatile occasionally. Every hour is extraordinary and of-ten unpredictable. Vigilance is tested without letup and sometimes without mercy.

The legal requirement that children with disabilities should be educated in the “least restrictive environment” is compassionate and sensible, General and special education kids learn from each other and together they learn from the teachers and classmates they share. But we must also provide the extra security needed for

the supervision of our most vulnerable students. Lives depend on striking the balance of freedom and control.

There are more than 1,700 public schools and every one of them has many doors to the outside that the fire code prohibits from being locked on the inside. It would take an army of school safety agents to be posted at every door of every building all day.

Last Sunday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said he intends to introduce a federal govern-ment program that would give parents of children with autism the option of attaching tracking devices to their kids. It would be called Avonte’s Law.

But some parents are likely to feel uneasy about having their kids wear ankle bracelets, which they associate with felons, or be GPS-tracked like sanitation trucks. Nor is the idea of installing cameras in classrooms popular.

Every school must have in-place a coordinated strat-egy to stop a repetition of the scenario that cost Avonte Oquendo his life. Paper pro-tocols are not good enough. And like fire-extinguishers, the strategies must be updated, tested and ready to activate.There should be practice drills as are held by first responder agencies and all members of the community experience first-hand what it means to be on high alert.

The tragedy of Avonte Oqu-endo is too terrible for words. But words can at least lead to actions that may forestall an-other such tragedy. Let those words proclaim the special sanctity of the lives of children and the providential role of each of us to protect them.

Ron Isaac,Fresh Meadows

Students Need Motivation

To The Editor: Some writers at one of our

more popular daily NY news-paper editorial desks are still hunting for who is responsible for “tainting the water” and are blindly “snarling and barking at the wrong tree,” and refus-ing to see what’s at the core of the problem. It’s the popular culture and the much of the media is part of the problem! Their devotion to celebrity

gossip reporting is just another example of the media giving in to celebrity gossip as a way of competing in our high tech (communications) society.

Today’s kids, and their par-ents too, have a very hard time keeping up with the require-ments needed to become good students. There are so many easy ways to get sidelined away from diligent study, what with smart phones, iPads, TV with hundreds of stations, video games, texting,etc.,etc., that is it not obvious that not only can’t school kids handle the dumbed down present curricu-lum, how can they be expected to deal with a curriculum that demands more self motivation and discipline!?!?

Everyone went to school and therefore everyone is an “education expert!?” However our technology has advanced so rapidly and spectacularly that we can’t effectively deal with some of its shortcom-ings. Number one is how overwhelmingly easy it is to get seduced by it! Overuse it! Allow it to make us forget that motivation, hard work and responsibility are what makes successful students.The great-est teacher in the world, if there is such a person, needs students in front of her (or him) that are motivated and interested to learn and do what is required to be successful learners! Without that part of the equation, it’s like leading a horse to water, but if he’s not thirsty, he ain’t gonna drink!

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Football’s biggest game is taking place in the tri-state area this year!

The Denver Broncos and the Se-attle Seahawks will square off during Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Sta-dium in East Rutherford, N.J. this Sunday, the first time the NFL’s championship

game will be de-cided outdoors in a cold-weath-er city.

Both teams have shown dominance on one side of the ball this year with Denver having the num-ber one offense in the NFL and Seattle sporting the best defense in the league. The Broncos scored the most points and gained the most total yards on of-fense during the year. Seattle yielded the least points and the fewest total yards in the NFL.

Denver’s season was highlighted

denver, seattle square off in super Bowl XLViiiby an extraordinary season for Pey-ton Manning. The 37-year-old quar-terback broke the single season re-cord for touchdown passes, throwing 55 touchdowns. The old record was set by New England Patriots Quar-terback Tom Brady, who passed for 50 TD’s in 2007. The older Manning

brother also threw for 5,477 yards this sea-son, breaking the mark set by Drew Brees.

As a result of Manning’s historic regular season, many of his team-mates on of-fense also had terrific seasons.

Demaryius Thomas led all Broncos receiv-ers with 1,430 yards and 14

touchdowns.He also had 92 catches and 19

completions of 20 or more yards. Eric Decker also had a monster sea-son, with 87 catches, 1,288 yards and 11 touchdowns. In addition to their

wide receivers, running back Knowshon Moreno ran for 10 touchdowns and more than 1,000 yards in 2013.

Many of Denver’s games featured the offense over-whelming the opposing team, scoring more than 30 points in 13 of their 16 games, or track-meet type games, which saw both offenses trade touch-downs. The most memorable of those games was the 51-48 victory over the Dallas Cow-boys in Week Five.

The Broncos finished 13-3 this year, despite season-ending injuries to key players like left tackle Ryan Clady, who tore a ligament on his foot during their Week Two victory over the Giants, and linebacker Von Miller, who missed six games due to a suspension and then tore his ACL against the Houston Texans in December.

Another linebacker, Danny Trevathan, had a breakout season for Denver, registering 128 total tackles along with four forced fumbles and three interceptions.

For Seattle, their defense and home dominance were two of the stories of their season. The defense was stingy all season long and

their famed “Legion of Boom” secondary, led by controversial corner-back Richard Sherman, stifled passing attacks all season long.

Among the stand-outs defensively for the Seahawks, linebacker Bobby Wagner led the team in tackles, netting 120 in total, to go along with five sacks and two interceptions.

Sherman led Seattle, and the NFL with eight interceptions. Another member of the LOB secondary, Earl Thom-as, also had five inter-ceptions.

On the offensive side of the ball, Seattle was primarily a run-ning team, handing the ball off to running back Marshawn Lynch 301 times during the year. Lynch ran for 1,257 yards, averaging a little more than four yards-per-carry. Lynch also had 12 rushing touch-downs, tied for most in the NFL with Kansas City Chiefs running back Ja-maal Charles. Quarterback Russell Wilson had a solid sophomore sea-son, throwing 26 touchdown passes and running for more than 500 yards. Golden Tate led Seattle receivers with 898 yards and 64 receptions.

The Seahawks also finished 13-3 this year, including reeling off six consecutive victories from Weeks Six

Peyton Manning will attempt to win his second Lombardi trophy this sunday.

second-year quarterback russel Wilson will lead the seahawks in super Bowl XLViii.

to 11. One significant win for Seattle was their Week 13 34-7 victory over the New Orleans Saints. At the time, the two teams were within one game of the number one overall seed in the NFC conference. The Seahawks’ win gave them a two game lead over the Saints and the tiebreaker for the highest seeding that went to Seattle.

The two units that carried each team’s season, the Denver offense

and the Seattle defense, will ul-timately decide who wins this game. Whoever wins the battle when the Broncos have the ball will walk away with the Lombar-di Trophy.

Can Manning zip balls into the hands of his star wide re-ceivers or will the Seattle de-fense give the future hall-of-fame quarterback fits all game long? Will Wilson and Lynch be able to score enough points to outscore a Denver team that lit the scoreboard up all year long? These are some factors to look out for as you watch the game this Sunday.

The game will kick off at ap-proximately 6:25 p.m. Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers will perform at the game’s halftime show.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, [email protected], or @luisgronda.

seattle seahawks cornerback richard sher-man had eight interceptions this year.

denver Broncos wide receiver demaryius Thomas had 92 catches and 1,430 yards this season.


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Lydell Mitchell (left), Brian Kelly and Franco Harris stopped by St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, walking around the hospital to meet several of the patients, including a big football fan who, while sick, was set for the Super Bowl.

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102nd Precinct Attempted Burglary

The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying and locating the following suspects wanted in con-nection with an attempted burglary that occurred within the confines of the 102nd Precinct.

At 2 a.m. on Jan. 17, a male suspect walked to the rear yard of a house, lo-cated in the vicinity of 132nd Street and 101st Avenue, where he attempted to gain entry into the garage, but fled when the home alarm was activated.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, (800) 577-TIPS (8477), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.

105th Precinct Criminal Impersonation

The NYPD is asking the public’s as-sistance locating the following suspect wanted in connection with criminal impersonation that occurred within the confines of the 105th Precinct.

At 11:25 a.m. on Jan. 28, the sus-pect, identified as Raymond Morillo, 33, who had been remanded to Creed-more Psychiatric Facility, received a visit from a friend, who traded cloth-ing with the suspect. After swapping clothing, the suspect exited the facil-ity and fled the location. The male visitor also exited the location.

Morillo is described as an His-panic male, 5-foot-11, 215 lbs., with a tear drop tattoo under his left eye. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, white sweater and tan pants.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, (800) 577-TIPS (8477), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to CRIMES (274637), then en-ter TIP577.

106th Precinct Grand Larceny

The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance with the whereabouts and identity of the following individual wanted in connection to a grand lar-

ceny within the confines of the 106th Precinct.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 28, a suspect used a stolen cred-it card to purchase products from a Walgreens Store, located at 23-25 Flatbush Ave.

The suspect is described as a Black male in his 20s, approximately 5-foot-8. He was last seen wearing a striped shirt, black and white skull cap and blue jeans.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, (800) 577-TIPS (8477), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to CRIMES (274637), then en-ter TIP577.

113th Precinct Kidnapping Arrest

On Jan. 23, police apprehended an individual suspected of allegedly stealing a 2002 Ford Explorer and kidnapping a 13-year old girl.

At approximately 5:56 p.m., police responded to a call of stolen vehicle at Sutphin Boulevard and 109th Av-

enue. Upon arrival, police were in-formed by a 28-year-old male that his vehicle had been taken and his niece was in the back seat, asleep.

Officers from the Queens Gang Squad located the vehicle near 147th Street and Rockaway Boulevard, where they apprehended a 23-year-old suspect, identified as Kapri Dick-son, of Jamaica. During a follow-up investigation, police determined the suspect allegedly attempted to sexu-ally assault the 13-year-old victim in the back seat. The victim yelled and attempted to push Dickson off of her, at which point the suspect alleg-edly struck the victim in the face and threw her out of the car. The victim was transported to an area hospital by EMS and was listed in stable con-dition.

Police charged Dickson with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree at-tempted assault, sexually motivated; sex abuse, grand larceny auto, crimi-nal possession of stolen property, acting in a manner in jurious to a child and sex abuse: sexual contact with an individual younger than 14.

Flushing Renews Call For Lunar New Year HolidayBY JOE MARVILLI

Elected officials came together in Flushing once again to call for the Lunar New Year to be turned into an official holiday.

On the steps of the Flushing Li-brary on Jan. 24, officials from all levels of government held a press conference in support of turning the Lunar New Year into an offi-cial holiday, with several members introducing bills or resolutions to do so. The most repeated argument in support of the change was that it would prevent children from being forced to choose between celebrat-ing the holiday and being absent from school.

The conference was organized by Councilmen Paul Vallone (D-Bay-side) and Peter Koo (D-Flushing). The latter has been fighting this bat-tle for the past few years.

“For too long, parents have had to decide whether to allow their chil-dren to take part in Lunar New Year festivities, which would ultimately lead to children having to stay at home on official school days,” Koo said.

Vallone felt that the large turnout for the press conference was a sign

that this was the year that the holiday will be ac-cepted.

“The support and unity this cause has garnered from our elected officials and community leaders will be the driving force in ensuring that meaningful legislation is passed that recognizes and respects the culture of over one million of our fellow New Yorkers,” he said.

One of those support-ers was newly-elected City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan/Bronx). The Councilwoman expressed her backing of a Coun-cil resolution that is for school closings and suspension of metered parking for the Lunar New Year.

“This issue has garnered much support in the City and the State level and I’m happy to support my colleagues,” she said. “Students shouldn’t feel like they have to choose between celebrating their heritage and missing a day of school.”

Also on hand was U.S. Rep.

Grace Meng (D-Flushing), another longtime supporter of the holiday. Earlier this month, she introduced a Congressional resolution that would encourage local education agencies that serve a substantial Asian-Amer-ican population to close schools on Lunar New Year.

“Year after year, we gather here and it is heartwarming to see more elected officials, more community

leaders,” Meng said. “As an Asian-American kid growing up in New York City, it was always very painful to cel-ebrate Lunar New Year the night before and have to get up and go to school the next morning.”

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz expressed that the Borough and the City’s large Asian-American pres-ence should be reflected in the City’s legislation and poli-cies.

“We have an enormous Asian community that cel-ebrates the Lunar New Year here in the Borough of Queens. Our businesses, our schools and our policies in the City of New York need to

reflect that community,” Katz said.State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flush-

ing) and Daniel Squadron (D-Man-hattan) have sponsored legislation that would close the schools in those school districts that have 7.5 percent or more Asian students, according to Stavisky.


Assemblyman Ron Kim, BP Melinda KAtz, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein, Councilman Peter Koo and State Sen. Toby Stavisky were some of the elected officials who met in Flushing to support a Lunar New Year holiday.


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Bill Cosby and Frank Savage will talk about their latest books during a talk at York College on Feb. 6.

BY JOE MARVILLI

As part of its festivities for Black History Month, York College will host two renowned guests - one from the world of literature and one from the world of comedy and television.

York College’s Division of Stu-dent Development is partnering with the Greater Queens Chapter of The Links, Inc. for an evening with Bill Cosby and Frank Savage. They will be stopping by the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at the col-lege on Feb. 6.

Running from 6-8:30 p.m., the Af-rican-American Read-In will feature a discussion moderated by New York 1 anchor Cheryl Wills. Cosby and Savage will talk about their respec-tive books and career paths and will offer advice to the audience.

The friendship between Cosby and Savage made them a great choice for York College’s Read-In, according to Dr. Jean Phelps, Director of Student Activities within the Division of Stu-

Bill Cosby, Frank Savage Come To York Collegedent Development

“Bill Cosby and Frank Savage are very good friends,” she said. “Bill Cosby wrote the forward to Frank Savage’s book. It fits right in with the African-American Read-In.”

Besides getting a chance to discuss their latest writ-ings, Cosby and Savage will also be the recipients of the Harriet Ann Jacobs Award. Jacobs was a Black writer that escaped from slavery and became known for her autobiographical narrative,” Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”

Cosby’s latest book, “I Didn’t Ask to Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was),” is a collection of humorous observa-tions about the human condition.

“Bill is a very effective performer and he just is a wonderful man, Sav-age said. “With the great wit he has, I’m probably going to sit back and

enjoy listening to him speak.”The most recent publication by

Savage, “The Savage Way: Suc-cessfully Navigating the Waves of Business and Life,” tells his life story, from his birth in 1938 to the present day. Raised in a segregated Washington D.C. by a single moth-er, Savage used his intelligence,

determination and talent for business to become a renowned banker, venture capitalist and Fortune 500 asset manager. Sav-age uses his experiences to give the reader advice and lessons that helped him to succeed when he was younger.

“I wanted to share the principles instilled in me by my young mother. The principles of self-confidence, hard work, respect for your custom-ers: those principles have sustained me,” Savage said.

For more information about the Read In, call (718) 262-2840. The Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy R.

Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica.“There will be some people in

that audience who will be touched by what we talk about, Savage said. “We want people to go out feeling good about what they can do.”


BY TRIShA SAkhuJA

St. John’s alum and rapper Jer-maine Cole, better known as J.Cole, took the stage at Queens College on Jan. 27, as a part of VH1’s Super Bowl Blitz extravaganza.

Leading up to Sunday’s big game in New Jersey, VH1 featured a dif-ferent artist every day of the week in every borough with the final per-formance to take place on Saturday at the Wellmont Theatre in New Jer-sey.

Queens was chosen to kick-off the week-long series of concerts.

Along with Cole, actor Nick Cannon and former wrestling star Stacy Keibler hosted the show that streamed live on VH1.

Rapper J. Cole Returns To Queens For ConcertThe Kupferberg Center for the

Arts was lit with bright-colored lights and the stage was ready with a band and background singers. Above all, the entire auditorium was filled with college students waiting to jam to their favorite hits by Cole.

Bright red lights took over as Cole took center stage and started rapping “Trouble” from his second album, “Born Sinner.”

Other songs to follow were, “Land of Snakes,” “Blow Up,” “Nobody’s Perfect,” “Work Out,” “Runaway,” “She Knows” and “Forbidden Fruit.”

Cole, who signed to hip-hop star Jay Z’s Roc Nation in 2009, saved some of his most popular hits like “Can’t Get Enough,” “Crooked Smile,” “Lights Please,” “In the Morning,” and “Power Trip” for the latter part of the show.

Making sure to shout out his alma mater, St. John’s University, Cole proved to stay true to his Queens’ roots.

It turned out that performing in Queens was extra special for the rap lyricist because as midnight struck, Cole asked the audience wish him a happy 29th birthday.

Cole, who is originally from North Carolina, solidified his position as a rap star after the release of his first album, “Cole World: The Sideline

Story” and then earning a nomina-tion at the 54th Grammy Awards.

VH1’s Super Bowl Blitz included stars like Janelle Monáe, who per-formed at Lehman College in the Bronx on Tuesday, Fall Out Boy at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn on Wednesday, TLC at the Beacon The-

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atre in Manhattan on Thursday, Goo Goo Dolls at the St. George Theatre in Staten Island on Friday and Gavin DeGraw at the Wellmont Theatre in New Jersey on Saturday.

Reach Trisha Sakhuja at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, [email protected], or @Tsakhuja13.

It’s In The Game!

NFL Athletes and game developers from Electronic Arts gathered at the Mu-seum of The Moving Image on Wednesday to celebrate 25 years of the Madden NFL Football video game. A presentation was shown highlighting the game’s evolution and all the additions to the game over the years. From left to right: NFL hall-of-fame running back Marshall Faulk, Andrew Anthony, voice of “EA Sports, It’s in the game!” Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers Quarterback, Dave Swanson, Madden NFL Engineer and Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Mi-chael Vick. J-Cole performs at Queens College.


Hemlines and Waistlines The first Moveable Feast Artist dinner, Hemlines and Waistlines, is an evening where couture meets cuisine. Visual Artist Mark Salinas intro-duces an edible evening of fashion, with guest presen-tations from NYC designers and fashion personalities. Signature looks, outrageous trends and all time favor-ites will be shared in this intimate dining setting, in-spiring a multi-course menu never before seen on any runway. He will be accom-panied by Celebrity Chef Dave Martin, Bravo TV’s Top Chef Season One Finalist, who will cut, cook and style the food and drink presen-tations inspired by fash-ion. The funds will support scholarships for students participating in the High School to Art School Portfo-lio Development Program. It will take place at Manducatis Rustica Restaurant, located at 46-33 Vernon Blvd., LIC, from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

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Young Joo song QuartetFlushing Town Hall will kick off its Lunar New Year

celebration with one of Korea’s leading jazz pianists. Starting at 8 p.m., Song will

perform songs from her eight albums, some of which are award-win-ning. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for members and students. For more information, call (718) 463-7700.

PoP-uP card WorksHoPJoin Bayside Historical Soci-ety instructor Janet Epstein as she demonstrates how to create unique, hand-crafted pop-up Valen-tine’s Day cards using cut-out paper and folds. This workshop, which runs from noon until 1:30 p.m., is suitable for all ages, with or without experience. All materials will be included in the $15 workshop fee. The price is $10 for Bayside His-torical Society members. To register, call (718) 352-1548.

slaverY discussionIn response to the interest and discussion surround-ing the recent releases of “12 Years a Slave” (2013) and “Django Unchained” (2012), Museum of the Moving Image will present Massa’ Gaze: Screen-ings and Critical Discus-sions of the Depictions of Slavery in Film and Television. The event, which will run from 1 to 8:30 p.m., opens with a rare screening of “Solomon Northup’s Odyssey,” Gordon Parks’ 1984 film adaptation of Northup’s memoir (the same source material as “12 Years a Slave”), and closes with “Burn!,” Gillo Pon-

tecorvo’s 1969 film about a Caribbean slave rebellion starring Marlon Brando. In between the screenings will be two panel discussions. The first features scholars and critics Sheril Antonio (NYU Tisch School of the Arts), Jelani Cobb (Uni-versity of Connecticut), Stanley Crouch (New York Daily News) and Khalil Muhammad (The Schom-burg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library). The second features filmmakers Neema Barnette (“Woman Thou Art Loosed on the Seventh Day”), Malcolm Lee (“Best Man Holiday”) and Shola Lynch (“Free Angela Davis”). For more information, visit movingimage.us.

murder at tHe suPer BoWlGet ready for the big game with The Killing Kompany, a murder mystery theatre group, who will debut a new comedy murder mystery dinner show at 8 p.m. at Riccardo’s By the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria. Tickets cost $45 and include dinner, drinks, dancing and drama. For details, call (718) 721-7777 or visit www.killing-kompany.com.

mask making WorksHoPFlushing Town Hall will hold a workshop on mak-ing traditional Korean masks. These masks are an important part of Korean

dance dra-mas. After an introduction to traditional Korean crafts, participants

will color and decorate the Bong San T’al Ch’um mask and create their own colorful character. The event starts at 1 p.m. and costs $10 for general admission and $8 for members and students. Call (718) 463-7700 for more information. PreParation For sakuraThe Flushing Library will prepare for the blossoming of cherry trees with a concert featuring two of New York’s most exciting Japanese per-forming art groups. Yosakoi Dance Project 10tecomai introduces the energetic,

celebratory yosakoi dance style, and Taiko Masala adds the thunderous pulsation of Japanese taiko drums. To-gether, they create an unpar-alleled Japanese experience not to be missed. The event runs from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 661-1200. The library is located at 41-17 Main St.

lunar neW Year lanternsCelebrate the Year of the Horse with the New York Hall of Science in this lantern-making event from the Little Mak-ers program. Running from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., attendees will use LEDs and tissue paper to make a glow-ing lantern. There is an $8 materials fee with general admission costs per family. Advance registration is rec-ommended. To do so, call (718) 699-0005 or visit nysci.org/little-makers.

cHildren’s Fun and easY terrarium classJoin Luludi for a fun- filled hour of terrarium building. They will help your child create their own mini living world. They supply the materials and your child supplies his or her imagination. The $40 class includes soil, plants, toys for decor – fairies/holiday decor/animals, crystals/pebbles/rocks, container- wood or glass, instructions, care cards and a gift box. The class will take place at Luludi Living Frames at 23-07 24th Ave., from 11 until noon.

ican comfort dishes and craft beer and full bar at the newly opened Dutch Kills Centraal? The networking event will take place from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for mem-bers and $15 for nonmem-bers. Ticket includes one complimentary drink and hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar will be available to purchase additional drinks. All at-tendees will receive a $5 gift certificate to use for lunch at the restaurant and several business cards will be select-ed in a free raffle to receive $25 gift certificates. Partner-ship Perks cardholders get 10 percent off anytime. Pur-chase tickets below or con-tact Indra Smith at [email protected] or (718) 786-5300 x21. Dutch Kills Centraal is located at 38-40 29th St., LIC.

literacY legacYPoets Terrance Hayes and Lynn Emanuel will hold a poetry reading and conversation in the Godwin Ternbach Museum at Queens College. Running from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., the reading will be followed by a book signing. It is free and open to the public.

The Queens Museum will hold a performance of “State of Incarceration” by the Los Angeles Poverty Department.

Meant to display the overcrowded conditions of a California state prison, the group will outline a ritual of imprisonment from entry to release to re-integration in a space filled wall-to-wall with prison bunk beds.

This is the first East Coast performance of the show. It will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., repeating at the same time on Feb. 1 and starting at 5 p.m. on Feb. 2.

For more information, call (718) 592-9700.


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PeopleLocal students have been named

to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 se-mester at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. They include:

Laurelton: Gia Vasquez.Queens Village: Puja Bhardwaj.Richmond Hill: Corey Garcia. Rockaway: Janeese Carter.St. Albans: Aderinsola Aladenika.Springfield Gardens: Jacqueline

Crockwell.

Local students were named to the President’s List for the fall 2013 se-mester at the Pratt Institute in Brook-lyn. They include:

Arverne: Alana Mohamed. Jamaica: Leevana Neemar. Queens Village: Kharter Ratliff. South Richmond Hill: Ekenedil-

inna Nwabueze.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at SUNY Canton. They include:

Cambria Heights: Lorie Charles. Far Rockaway: Shavonne Miller. Jamaica: Fatizjah Burnett, Britt-

ney Davis. Queens Village: Jasleen Saini. Rosedale: Oluwatobi Adedokun.

Jasaan Persaud of St. Albans and Inez Cofield of Springfield Gardens were named to the President’s List for the fall 2013 semester at SUNY Canton.

Angela Gao of Hollis was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

Shanel Singh of Jamaica was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at SUNY New Paltz. They include:

Jamaica: Mili Ali. Queens Village: Danit Ianovici,

Jaime Latorre. Rockaway Park: Matthew Gill. South Richmond Hill: Amanda

Dallara.

Local students have been admitted to Hofstra University as students for the spring 2014 semester. They include:

Far Rockaway: Michael Annan, Carol Hunter.

Jamaica: Donna Bedasee, Sayeeda Manzoor.

Laurelton: Te-Shey Green. Queens Village: Milan Patel.Richmond Hill: Ariel Dure. Rosedale: Julien Boursiquot, Ash-

let Farrell. South Ozone Park: Sahil Varma.

Jessica IMafidon of Laurelton was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn.

Local students received degrees during December 2013 commence-ment ceremonies at SUNY Delhi. They include:

Jamaica: Kelsey Giddings, associ-ate’s degree in architectural technol-ogy; Jatee Kearsley, bachelor’s degree in culinary arts management.

South Ozone Park: Justin Romo, associate’s degree in liberal arts – general studies.

Stephanie Valencia of Holliswood and Alyssa Wesley of Queens Village were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Ithaca College. They include:

Jamaica: Suba Chakraborty, Ni-cole Godreau, Sade Jones.

Queens Village: Jasmine Collazo, Davisa Mills, Oyinlola Ogundipe.


Since 1961, the Rosedale Jets Foot-ball Association has been breeding star athletes, like former New Orleans Saints guard and now-free agent Tutan Reyes. But it was not until more than 30 years later that the program became just as focused on breeding scholars.

In 1994, former Rosedale Jets player Jacques Leandre and a few of his friends decided they needed to re-vitalize the program to suit the com-munity’s shifting demographics and growing needs.

“The culture of the community had changed so we revitalized the program. We decided to put a focus on much more than football,” Lean-dre said. “We wanted to be a holistic outlet for the community.”

In response to the lack of aca-demic resources for the children in Southeast Queens, Leandre, now president of the league, said the group began offering a number of after school programs, such as tutor-ing and a junior high school to high school transitionIng.

“We feel that education and athlet-ics are critical in a child’s experience. It’s rare to find folks who achieve at a very high level athletically without having achieved on the academic [side] as well,” he said. “There are

academic requirements at a high school level and there are academic requirements at a college level in order to just par-ticipate, so we look at it the same way.”

Leandre finds that the league’s academic focus is equally as important as the athletic focus, es-pecially in the resource-starved neighborhoods of Southeast Queens.

“We don’t have the luxury to have a program that is strictly recreation-al. When you look at the incarceration rates, young people between 14 and 19 are getting arrested and more than 40 percent of our young people will graduate illiterate,” he said. “It would almost be criminal not to make our program constructive, based on the reality of today.”

This is especially important, Le-andre said, in light of the City’s re-cent budget cuts, which have closed many after school programs across the Borough.

“Most anti-social behavior and crimes that occur at a childhood age happen between the hours 3 and 6 p.m., which is exactly when after

school programs are running. With the cuts to all the after school pro-grams, we had to be an organization that closed that gap,” he said. “There is not one community center in the vicinity of Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens or Cambria Heights.”

Since the program has grown to in-clude an educational component, the Rosedale Jets Football Association has become a staple in the commu-nity. Today, more than 250 children, ages 6-13, participate in the league’s football and cheerleading teams.

This past year, the Rosedale Jets

have also done quite well on the field. In 2013, three of its teams went undefeated and won the Super Bowl for their divi-sion – consisting of more than 50 organizations. The league’s 7-year-old team also went 8-0 for the season.

But the biggest ac-complishment of the year, Leandre said, was being voted ‘Best Orga-nization’ by all the other teams in Long Island.

“We were voted by all the other towns in Long Island as team of

the year based on sportsmanship, based on scholarship and based on being an overall great citizen of the league,” he said. “Some of the values we instill in our children is loyalty, sportsmanship, scholarship, trust-worthiness and bravery.”

The Rosedale Jets will begin regis-tration for its teams in March. Prac-tices are held at Brookville Park. For more information about registration and fees, call Jacques Leandre or Yvonne Mitchell at (718) 635-0397.

Reach Reporter Natalia Kozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or [email protected] or @nkozikowska

Rosedale Jets Offer More Than Just Football

The Rosedale Jets Football Association players at the league’s sleep away camp in Upstate New York.


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By Luis Gronda

A Springfield Gardens priest will have an honor bestowed on him in his home country this weekend.

The Rev. Jerrick F. Rayside of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Spring-field Gardens has been given the title “Canon” in his native Guyana. The recognition was announced late last year, but he will fly to his native land for the official ceremony on Sunday. He will now be known as The Rev. Canon Jerrick F. Rayside.

The honorific “Canon” is an addi-tional title given to a priest as recog-nition for the work that he has done in the past in the community and for parishioners who attend the church.

The Reverend is getting the hon-or at St. Phillip’s Church, where he served as priest-in-charge in George-town, Guyana.

springfield Gardens rev. Honored in Home CountryBefore moving to New York in

2000, Rayside practiced priesthood in his home country while working a job as a human resources director. He was first in charge of another church in Guyana, called the Church of Transfiguration, before moving over to the church that will honor him this week. Rayside began as a deacon in various churches in his country before moving up the ladder to leading a church.

Shortly after retiring from his job, he said he moved to the United States for the same reason many people leave their home countries: to pursue a better life for himself.

Rayside said he wanted to move somewhere more relaxing and be closer to his family who were already settled in New York.

When asked for a reaction to re-ceiving the honor in Guyana, Ray-

side said it is an occasion of joy for himself and his family.

“I am elated and thankful to God for this honor,” he said.

Rayside has been head of St. John’s Episcopal for the last 10 years and is also chairman of the Guyana Diocesan Association of the United States, an organization made up of Guyanese priests in the U.S.

St. John’s Episcopal Church is located at 137-67 Belknap St. in Springfield Gardens. It has been in existence since 1929, just before the Great Depression. Among the things it has done in its past in-clude, introducing a Annual Lead-ership Conference at Rutgers Uni-versity in New Jersey and starting a vacation bible school, which is a community workshop that gets pa-rishioners and residents involved in their community.

Students from Hillcrest High School in Jamaica were chosen to attend the 15th Annual California State Virtual Enterprise Trade Show in Bakersfield, Cali.

Kadeijah Francis and Pascale Lou-is represented their Virtual Enterprise class from the Biz/Tech Institute of the high school, which is a program designed to operate as if it was a com-pany, called “Build Your Future Insti-tute.” The make-believe company sells virtual business courses online.

The show attracted more than 100

The student Government of Hillcrest High school works to put together activities students want and to increase school spirit that would make the students work harder and receive higher grades. Pictured are student gov-ernment members Melissa Mohabir (left) and Belle iong, hanging up Val-entine decorations outside the student Government office, in preparation of the Valentine’s day dance.

Hillcrest Hs students Win in California Trade showfirms last year, making it the largest in the market. Students from these enterprises demonstrated their com-petencies in a wide range of areas: business planning, marketing, sell-ing, self-management, financial plan-ning, public relations, interviewing, e-commerce and communications.

Francis and Pascale were responsi-ble for marketing and selling their prod-uct at the Fair. Together, their company made $36,000 in make-believe sales.

After taking part in meetings, competitions and touring the city

Kadeijah Francis and Pascale Louis.

for a week, the girls came back to school. They said they were proud to work together and sell more than last year’s team. They were also excited to have met many other students from various virtual companies from all over the United States.

Louis received an honorable men-

tion for the sales presentation and Francis won third place in the State Apprenticeship Business Challenge. Francis was the only one from New York to place in the competition.

New York City will have its own Trade Fair Show in April with virtual companies from all over the U.S.

To contact the church, call (718) 525-1444.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, [email protected], or @luisgronda.

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Author Talk With Joszann St. John

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FEB. 5Operation Safe Southeast Queens

State Sen. Malcolm Smith will hold his first Operation Safe South-east Queens meeting of the year at 7 p.m. at the Greater Springfield Com-munity Church, located 177-06 129 Ave. Jamaica. The new Police Com-missioner, Bill Bratton, has been invited to come speak with the com-munity. For additional information, contact Fred Simmons, Community Liaison at (718) 454-0162 or [email protected].

FEB. 6Quality of Life Town Hall Meeting

State Sen. Malcolm Smith and Rev. Victor Hall will host a Quality of Life Town Hall meeting. Come and talk about your issues and concerns in the community at the church from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The church is lo-cated at 111-10 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica and is free to attend.

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The Association of Women Con-struction Workers of America has been helping young women break into the male-dominated industry of construction. The Jamaica-based nonprofit has continued to expand its efforts to advocate for the ad-vancement of all minority groups looking for a career in the field.

The 15-week curriculum features a series of workshops, including the basic essentials of construction and hands-on training in carpen-try, painting, pest control, plumb-ing, electrical and facilities mainte-nance. Graduating students receive a certificate of completion and are often placed by AWCWA at part-nering construction companies. Enrollment for the program is open until Jan. 30. Applicants must be 18 years or older and must provide photo ID, a birth certificate and a social security card. Applicants must also have a GED or high school diploma to participate in the pre-construction training program, but if an applicant does not have a diploma, dual enrollment in the Educational Opportunity Center’s GED program is possible.

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He's spent most of this cen-tury serving as an elected official, so when Jan. 1 rolled around and John Liu found himself without a constituent to represent, it must have seemed strange.

This week, the former Comptroller announced he has found something to take up his time - for now, anyway.

Liu will serve as a professor of public policy and municipal finance for the Master in Public Administration program at Ba-ruch College's School of Public Affairs.

Liu expects to cover a wide-

Cecil Wilson

While a list of big names were featured during Council-man Costa Constantinides' inauguration last weekend - including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Borough Presi-dent Melinda Katz - one little kid stole the show. The new Astoria Council-man's young son, Nicholas, was the star of the ceremony, as many of the guest speakers ad-dressed the child, sitting in the front row with his mother, and praising his calm demeanor during the ceremony. Both Stringer and Katz joked about how their children made scenes during their inau-

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Guitarist Cecil Wilson’s unique guitar playing came not just from listening to classical music and jazz when he was young, but also from listening to pop musicians of the era, like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.

Decades after he was inspired to pick up a guitar, the Jamaica guitarist recorded two albums under the name of Simirillion, a mutated spelling of “Silmarillion,” a collection of narratives by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Born in Mount Vernon, Wilson studied classical guitar at Marymount College in Tarrytown. It was during this time in col-lege that his guitar-playing style started to form. For starters, he did not use a pick to play.

“It influenced my playing style greatly because I finger-picked, rather than using a flat pick,” Wilson said. “It was the finger-picking aspect of it and use of the choral structure.”

Since college, Wilson said his playing continued to evolve and change into something unique. When combined with his enjoyment in multiple genres of music, such as classical, jazz, pop and spoken word, he came up with his own mixture of New Age sounds that would come to define Simirillion.

“I kind of developed my own style from that,” he said. “I guess the usage of using two-note chords as melody line. That’s really the basis of my playing, my style.”

In the early 2000s, Simirillion took off with two records, a self-titled debut and “Of Unicorns and Jasmine…A Lover’s Tale.” The latter was described by its label, Tate Music Group, as a New Age Opera without words.

Songs on “Of Unicorns and Jasmine,” such as “Like Dream-

The Kid's Alright

ers Do” and “Waltz of Glass Tears” display how adaptable Wilson’s style is, as he moves from the feather-light touches of the former’s main melody to the fragile, poignant combination of acoustic guitar and wind instruments on the latter.

“The latest album was basically more controlled, in the sense that it was more formatted,” Wilson said. “I thought out what I wanted to do. The self-titled one was more improvisa-tion/profound planning.”

This combination of careful arrangement and spontaneity is how Wilson puts together most of his songs, starting out in his home studio and building the track from there.

“I sit down and plan out an idea that I get and I format a structure from that,” he said. “I laid the foundation of it at home on my synthesizer. I went into a regular studio, had musicians come in and [play] the initial tracks.”

Due to the nature of his music, which contains lush instru-mentation from many different sources, Wilson said he prefers the studio to putting a live concert together, mentioning that as well that there are not many New Age venues in the City for him to perform.

“I prefer recording in the studio, because I have control over every aspect of the production,” he said. “Playing live is a little difficult because of the fact that different instruments are used and we have to have an ensemble.”

For those interested in learning to play classical or New Age guitar, Wilson said that dedication is absolutely necessary.

“Perseverance and practice. A deeply committed attitude towards the music,” he said.

Queens Represents

Borough President Melinda Katz says hello to Nicholas, son of new Astoria Councilman Costa

Constantinides.

America’s Favorite Quiz Show and its host, Alex Trebek, will celebrate 30 years of “answers and questions.”

Jeopardy kicks off its season-long Battle of the Decades tournament with the 80's Week Competition, airing on CBS from Feb. 3-7. The 30-year an-niversary celebration will bring back 45 champions from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s to vie for a million-dollar grand prize throughout several rounds of play.

One of contestants looking to win big is Frank Spangenberg from Douglaston, who won $249, 596 on season seven dur-ing the 80's.

The winners from back in

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guarations earlier this month, complimenting Nicholas as he sat quietly watching the ceremony. As the ceremony contin-ued, Nicholas could be seen slouched across his mother's lap, asleep. He woke up to take part in the oath of office, administered by former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. Hopefully, other elected of-ficials took note of how polite and respectful Nicholas was during his father's ceremony. Here at QConf, we think there are a few officials who could learn a thing or two from the kid.

range of municipal finance, where he will analyze current economic development policy is-

sues, labor relations and the impact of pension and healthcare costs, in addition to typical topics like accounting and investment man-agement.

The announcement of the new position

teased more news to come, so perhaps the teaching gig will be a short-term project.

Regardless of how long Liu's term as a teacher is, we wish him good luck. Maybe we'll audit his class for some lessons.

Hello, Professor Liu

the day will take part in first of three preliminary rounds, and competing in five stand-alone games. Only the winner of each game will advance to the next round.

Good luck, Spangenberg! Here’s hoping Queens wins big at the Battle of the Decades.

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