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Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2014 Including Canarsie Digest FREE SERVING BERGEN BEACH, CANARSIE, GEORGETOWN, MARINE PARK & MILL BASIN A Belt Parkway GERRITSEN blackout BY VANESSA OGLE Drivers on the Belt Parkway are being kept in the dark. More than two years after Hurricane Sandy, the lights on the stretch of the parkway between Flatbush Avenue and Knapp Street that were de- REBULDING stroyed by the storm have still not been repaired, and one lo- cal said the lack of visibility Two years on the busy highway puts ev- eryone at risk for an accident. “I worry about the crazy drivers. I worry about my later, work kids,” said Tom Paolillo, a board member of the Sheep- shead Bay-Plumb Beach Civic Association. “It is crazy underway dark.” The Department of Trans- BY VANESSA OGLE portation said the electrical Better late than never. distribution system was heav- More than two years af- ily damaged by the storm and ter Hurricane Sandy, some the department has contrac- Gerritsen Beach locals in the tors rebuilding the Knapp city’s Build It Back Sandy re- Street circuit. The depart- covery program are fi nally ment claims the lights to be re- getting their homes elevated paired by the end of October, or rebuilt, which one local but Paolillo said there should said is much better than last be temporary lights while the year’s anniversary. permanent lights are being re- The longtime Gerritsen paired. Beach resident, whose home “You would think the con- is scheduled to be demolished tractor would be forced to next week and then rebuilt at a put up some temporary light- higher elevation, said the pro- ing,” said Paolillo, who added gram has improved dramati- that the neighborhood’s for- cally under the DeBlasio ad- mer councilman had tried to ministration. get the lights repaired before “The program has been leaving offi ce, to no avail. “It outstanding,” said David has taken way too long — Lew Velez, who lives in Gerritsen Fidler was working on those Beach. “With the Bloomberg lights.” administration, the program Because the area is also un- was horrible — Bloomberg dergoing roadwork, Paolillo didn’t care.” said there is an even greater By October, almost 400 chance for car crashes that Clowning around Brooklyn homeowners have would be easily prevented received reimbursements to- with lights. Ethan Dade shows off his Halloween costume at Mall-O-Ween at Kings Plaza on Oct. 25. The festivities taling nearly $6 million for “You’re used to driving included costumes, circus acts and dance routines. For more on the fun, see page 16. work already done, and Build with overhead lights and it be- Photo by Steve Solomonson It Back contractors have Continued on page 19 Continued on page 19
A CNG Publication Vol. 69 No. 44 Vol. 69 No. 44 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D BY VANESSA OGLE Light ‘em up: The New York Festival of Light will include large-scale projections, lighted sculptures, and other illuminating works of art, similar to these ones at a previous New York event. Nicolas Lemery Nantel On Halloween night, Mill Ba- The dark arts sin locals can visit a spook Dumbo to dazzle with first New York Festival of Light By Matthew Perlman tors each year. It started in 1999, but has projections on the outside and a laser show animate characters from a graphic novel umbo is getting flashy — and it is roots in a regional tradition that involves and a sculptural installation on the inside. he is working on. The pieces, called “Moto house right in their own back- not due to another luxury condo or lighting candles in honor of the Virgin The video projections will be beamed Valkyries” after woman warriors from the Dgourmet grocery store. Mary, which goes back the 1850s. from six high-powered projectors located Norse culture, are made from recycled The first New York Festival of Light O’Braion has been to that show, and in the windows of John Ensor Parker’s materials including wood, aluminum, and will switch on under and around the has spent the last five years traveling to studio in a nearby building. Parker is help- cast stone. They incorporate motors and Manhattan Bridge on Nov. 6 for three different light festivals around the globe, ing to produce the Festival of Light piece lights to bring them to life, the artist said. nights of light-centric outdoor artwork. developing bright ideas for a Kings County using seven different works designed Tucker said the festival will highlight the yard. One of the organizers said the waterfront take on the concept. But ultimately, the especially for the bridge by different art- versatility of light as an artistic medium. neighborhood is the perfect place to launch creativity of the participating artists are ists. He said projectors offer a rare way “How many different types of work a local version of the long-running interna- what will make the incandescent exhibi- to use the iconic piece of architecture as can be made with paint? It’s the same tional festival. tion unique, he said. a canvas. with light,” Tucker said. “It’s all about “Dumbo is the nest of innovation,” said “We want to open up people’s imagina- “I’ve always looked at it,” said Parker, how you’re able to capture and manipulate Liam O’Braion, who is organizing the tion to thinking about light in a different who started working in the neighbor- it into something that represents your One longtime local said ev- festival with help from his friend Ira Levy way,” O’Braion said. hood in 1996. “But the Department of vision.” and the Dumbo Improvement District. The show will feature 15 artists work- Transportation is not going to let you hang New York Festival of Light (Beneath the “Not just for lighting, but for technology, ing mostly in teams to create illuminat- anything from the bridge or paint on it.” Manhattan Bridge archway off Anchorage art, and design.” ing work that uses light in some way. A Many of the artists in the festival do Place between Pearl and Plymouth streets The original Festival of Light is a mas- centerpiece of the outdoor festival will be not work with light exclusively. Lefferts in Dumbo, www.nyfol.org). Nov. 6 from sive four-day affair held in Lyon, France the archway under the Manhattan Bridge, Gardens artist Scott Tucker is showing 7 pm–11 pm. Nov. 7–8 from 5 pm–11 pm. that draws hundreds of thousands of visi- which will host a complex series of video a set of sculptures under the bridge that Free. ery October, her house gets exponentially eerier — and Your entertainment that is just what her neigh- guide Page 43 bors, especially the tiniest terrors, love about her petri- fying pad. Police Blotter ...... 8 “Every year, I like to add Tom Allon ...... 33 something new and dress Letters ...... 36 up as something different to It’s Only My Opinion ...... 37 scare the kids,” said Patricia Ward, who has been decorat- A Britisher’s View ...... 37 ing her house for All Hallows Not For Nuthin’ ...... 37 Eve for the past 20 years. “The Big Screecher ...... 38 kids love coming here.” Sports ...... 55 Ward blasts seasonal tunes such as “The Monster Mash” from her yard while the kids trick-or-treat. But to make sure the kids are really scared, she said she wears very creepy costumes. Ward said her elab- HOW TO REACH US orate outfi ts — complete with stage makeup and wacky wigs Mail: — are so disturbing and un- Courier Life like her everyday self, even Publications, Inc., her husband is scared. 1 Metrotech Center North “My husband hates it — he 10th Floor, Brooklyn, tells me to wash that stuff off my face. If I have a dark wig N.Y. 11201 on, he wants to rip that off,” General Phone: said Ward, who was the devil (718) 260-2500 last Halloween and is going to News Fax: be a witch this year. “I tell ev- (718) 260-2592 erybody, that is my alter ego. I can’t be evil in real life so I’ll News E-Mail: be evil on Halloween.” [email protected] Halloween is such a special Display Ad Phone: time of year for Ward because (718) 260-8302 she said she loves seeing the Display Ad E-Mail: youngsters enjoy themselves. [email protected] She said she gives out at least 50 pounds of candy each year Display Ad Fax: because she knows that is (718) 260-2579 what the kids want. HELLO, MY PRETTY: Patricia Ward, dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West, is ready to scare the kids who visit Classified Phone: “I don’t give one or two her E. 54th Street home on Halloween night. Photo by Steve Solomonson (718) 260-2555 pieces — I give them hand- Classified Fax: fuls,” she said. (718) 260-2549 And everyone who is She said residents shouldn’t cept her house — because she sure,” she said. dressed up gets some sugar. worry that she will ever stop plans to deck out her home for Patricia Ward’s Spook Classified E-Mail: “As long as they’re in a cos- decorating for the scary sea- many years to come. House (2041 E. 54th St. between [email protected] tume,” Ward said, “they get son. Ward said residents don’t “As long as I’m standing, Avenues T and U in Mill Ba- candy.” have to fear anything — ex- I’ll be decorating — that is for sin). Oct. 31. :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 M Teen pinches purse in Brighton Beach BY MAX JAEGER at 12:40 pm, police said. A brutish youth ripped the The victim did not require purse from a 78-year-old medical attention, a report woman’s hands in Brigh- states. ton Beach on Oct. 20. Police are describ- The teen snatched the ing the suspect as a clutch containing $50 as 16-year-old male stand- the woman was standing ing 5-feet-8 who was on Ocean View Avenue last seen wearing a red BAG-GRABBING BRAT: Cops are looking between Ocean Parkway baseball hat and white for this kid in connection with a purse- and Brighton First Street sneakers. snatching on Oct. 20. NYPD Shots fi red in attempted TRAGIC DAY: The medical examiner places Florence Bello’s body into the morgue truck after she was struck and killed by the driver of a jewelry store robbery sports utility vehicle while attempting to cross Ralph Avenue on Oct. 26. Photo by Steve Solomonson Senior killed by driver in Flatlands BY VANESSA OGLE 65th Street at 7:04 am. Po- A senior citizen died after be- lice found Bello unconscious ing hit by a driver in a sports and unresponsive and emer- utility vehicle in Flatlands on gency medical services pro- Oct. 26. nounced her dead at the A 65-year-old male driv- scene. ing a Nissan hit Florence Police say the driver re- Bello, a 63-year-old woman, mained on the scene and the near Ralph Avenue and E. investigation is ongoing. THREE AMIGOS: Police say the three suspects in a Midwood attempted robbery wore black clothing, masks, and hoods. NYPD Stabbed to death in Canarsie BY VANESSA OGLE men whipped out a black re- Police are looking for three volver and shot at an armed BY VANESSA OGLE pm. Emergency medical ser- men who attempted to rob a security guard, but missed, Police have arrested the man vices pronounced Burns Midwood jewelry store on officers stated. The suspects they say killed his roommate dead at the scene. Oct. 22. then fled without any jew- in Canarsie on Oct. 24. Joseph has been charged Cops say the suspects, elry, per a report. Police say Samuel Joseph with murder in the second who all wore masks and The authorities have re- stabbed Ledaryl C. Burns in degree and criminal posses- black clothing, entered leased surveillance photos the neck at their home on E. sion of a weapon in the fourth the Kings Highway shop in the hope that they might 96th Street between Homes degree. His lawyer could not between E. 12th and 13th help the public identify the Lane and Avenue L at 9:50 be reached for comment. streets at 3:13 pm. One of the suspects. Basement Cops: You can help Police are asking anyone with burglar information about these incidents Someone stole $2,550 from an apartment to call Crime stoppers at (800) in the 60th Precinct on Oct. 4. 577–8477. The public can also sub- The burglar broke into the basement mit tips by logging onto www. of a residence near Brighton Third Street nypdcrimestoppers.com or by tex- and Brighton Beach Avenue at 2 pm and ting tips to 274637 then entering cracked open a storage unit before remov- BELOW-GRADE BURGLAR: Police believe this man broke into a Brighton Beach base- TIP577. ing the goods, a police report states. ment and stole $2,550. NYPD M COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 3 ELECTION GUIDE 2014 Vote smart! Head to the polls armed with info about the candidates New York’s general election is this Tuesday, Nov. 4, and there is a dearth of close races in the Courier’s coverage area, but ANDREW CUOMO vs. ROB ASTORINO there is plenty of action at the state level. New York’s three Gov. Andrew Cuomo has amassed a $32.5 million war chest for his elec- most powerful positions are up for grabs and there is a com- tion fight with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, but has largely mon theme running between them all, as each pits an incum- avoided campaigning. His first term is up for appraisal by voters, and he bent Democrat with a power base in New York City against a has gay marriage and gun control measures to boast about, but is under Republican challenger seeking to appeal to conservative vot- fire for last weekend’s mandatory Ebola quarantine, which he rolled out without consulting Mayor DeBlasio or the White House and quickly walked ers upstate and the suburbs. Here’s what you need to know. back, as well as his torpedoing of the Moreland Commission when its inves- tigation into public corruption turned its attention to his allies. Astorino’s platform has hinged on expanding gun rights and cutting spending. ANDREW CUOMO ROB ASTORINO DEMOCRAT, son of former Gov. REPUBLICAN, in his second term Mario Cuomo, and as Westchester former secretary of County executive, housing in the Clin- former Catholic- ton administration and-sports-radio Born in Queens, executive. Born Cuomo ran a failed and raised in up- bid for governor state New York, As- in 2002, then served a term as New torino served on a town board, and York attorney general before elec- on the Westchester County Board tion to his current offi ce in 2010. of Legislators. 56, divorced, three daughters. 47, married. Two daughters and a son. THE CAMPAIGN Cuomo is fresh off an primary win against liberal upstart Zephyr Tea- chout, who won a surprising 35 percent despite a near-total lack of tradi- tional backing. In the only debate of the general campaign, Cuomo accused Astorino of perpetuating racist housing policies and Astorino said Cuomo could soon be indicted for obstructing a Moreland Commission probe. TOM DINAPOLI vs. BOB ANTONACCI ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN vs. JOHN CAHILL Upstate county comptroller Robert Antonacci is the underdog in a race John Cahill faces a tough lift in taking on incumbent Attorney Gen- to defeat his counterpart at the state level, incumbent Thomas DiNapoli. eral Eric Schneiderman. Cahill’s campaign has been characterized by The higher-up money-minder has reformed how his office manages the pro-business, tough-on-street-crime, and anti-corruption stances. Sch- state’s pension funds to force transparency and strengthen controls on neiderman is depending on his record of lucrative settlements with Wall how it is managed. Antonacci touts his accounting bona fides and says Street lawbreakers, as well as prosecutions of smaller-time white-collar that he will be more cautious with state money than DiNapoli, who he and violent criminals, to push him to a second term. He has maintained says is relying too much on risky investments. DiNapoli points to his re- a lower profile than predecessors Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo, who cord in building the pension fund to an all-time high as evidence of his used his office as a stepping stone on the path to the Governor’s Man- suitability for the job. He led by a whopping 27 percent in a recent poll. sion. TOM DINAPOLI BOB ANTONACCI ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN JOHN CAHILL DEMOCRAT, Former Nassau REPUBLICAN, previously ran a DEMOCRAT, attorney general REPUBLICAN, chief of staff to County business-law prac- since 2010, fomer Gov. Pataki from assemblyman, tice, serves as a private lawyer 2002–2006, helmed former trustee high school basket- and a Manhattan the Department of a Long Island ball referee when state senator from of Environmental education he is not managing 1998 to 2010. Has Conservation from board. Became the fi nances of the locked horns with 1997–2001, and comptroller in county that con- AirBnB and raked helped coordinate 2007 after former tains Syracuse. in donations from the state’s rebuilding effort follow- Comptroller Alan Hevesi left offi ce He is in his second term as comp- hotel industry fi gures. ing the Sept. attacks. Lives in Yon- in handcuffs. Re-elected in 2010. troller there. 60, divorced, one daughter. kers 60, single, no children. 49, married, two children. 56, married, 4 children. THE CAMPAIGN THE CAMPAIGN Antonacci is testing a pilot program to match small private campaign Cahill has blasted Schneiderman for failing to go after Democratic cor- donations with state money, but has struggled to meet the $200,000 mini- ruption in Albany, and has argued that having a Republican as the state’s mum required to receive the funds. DiNapoli has opted out, saying the op- top lawman would keep legislators honest. Schneiderman has cast himself tion became available too late in the game. Observers have praised both as a Wall Street enforcer seeking to prevent chicanery like that which led to campaigns for refraining from mudslinging. the economic collapse of 2008. Scheiderman has a wide lead in the polls. 4 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 M Don’t forget to vote on Nov. 4 Assembly District 46 Assembly District 45 Brook-Krasny vs. Lilikakis Cymbrowitz vs. Akselrod It’s establishment versus upstart in the 46th Assembly District. Four- Longtime incumbent Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D–Sheep- term Democrat Alec Brook-Krasny is fending off political newcomer Sta- shead Bay), who ran against his opponent Ben Akselrod in the prima- matis “Steve” Lilikakis. Brook-Krasny has framed himself as a serious ries, is facing him again in the general election. Akselrod secured the Re- politician playing a game of inches in Albany, and Lilikakis is stoking a publican nomination with 46 write-in votes on Sept. 9, but didn’t accept vehement base with a rallying cry of lowering taxes. it until Oct. 24. ALEC BROOK-KRASNY STAMATIS LILIKAKIS STEVEN CYMBROWITZ BEN AKSELROD DEMOCRAT. Assemblyman and REPUBLICAN. An outerwear im- DEMOCRAT. Chairman of the Al- REPUBLICAN. President of the Bay business owner. porter and political coholism and Drug Democrats. Brook-Krasny newcomer who has Abuse Committee. 41, married. Five emigrated from gained support from Became Assem- children. the Soviet Union in State Sen. Martin blyman in 2000 after 1989. He was found- Golden (R–Bay his wife — then-As- ing Executive Direc- Ridge) and backing semblywoman Lena tor of The Council to run on the Con- Cymbrowitz — died of Jewish Émigré servative ticket. in August of 2000. Community Organizations. He has 43, divorced, two children 60, married. Two children. been in the Assembly since 2007. 56, married, two children THE CAMPAIGN Cymbrowitz and Akselrod also ran against each other in the 2012 pri- THE CAMPAIGN maries. Throughout their campaigns, both candidates have engaged in Lilikakis has accused Brook-Krasny of being a party puppet who votes in religiously and racially charged mudslinging. This year, Cymbrowitz said lock-step with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. During their first debate, Akselrod — who served subpoenas on a Friday to signers of Cymbrowitz’s Lilikakis admitted he has only voted twice in recent years, and that was in nominating petition — was “insensitive” to observant Jews. Akselrod said presidential elections. At another debate, Brook-Krasny lamented Lilikakis’ Cymbrowitz trivialized the Holocaust by using it to justify his spending in a primary challenger didn’t win the party nod in September, because he said Munich souvenir shop. 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BAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS Once inside, the thief uprooted a safe bolted to the fl oor and used a Cardinal sin rolling chair as a dolly to move the An irreligious pirate stole a lap- safe outside, a police report states. top from an 82nd Street church The safe contained $108 and 64 vehi- sometime between Oct. 23 and Oct. cle inspection stickers, police said. 24. While inside the offi ce, the thief The burglar pushed in an air also opened six customers’ vehicles, conditioner at the house of worship Ripped off stuck him in the left side with an but it is not clear whether he re- between Third and Fourth avenues unknown object, police said. moved any property, according to Someone made fraudulent sometime between 8 pm on Oct. 23 law enforcement sources. charges to a 72nd Street man’s and 6 am the next day, according to Gunman robs deli — Max Jaeger credit card sometime between July a police report. 18 and Oct. 22. A gun-toting thug stole $250 from The raider rifl ed through offi ce The man, who lives between a W. Sixth Street deli on Oct. 22. 63RD PRECINCT drawers before taking a $300 laptop, Third Avenue and Ridge Court, The man walked into the deli at police said. didn’t realize his card was stolen the corner of Avenue O in Mapleton MARINE PARK—MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS— until a $1,100 bill appeared at his at 9:50 pm, fl ashed a black handgun, BERGEN BEACH Car break-in door, police said. and demanded cash, police said. The clerk on duty complied, and A guy broke into a vehicle parked Compound crimes the gunman fl ed with the money, a near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Offi cers arrested a suspect on E. Phone snatcher police report states. and stole the owner’s wallet and iP- A punk ripped the smartphone 53rd Street who had three guns, am- hone on Oct. 20. from a R train rider’s hand on Oct. munition, and drugs on him on Oct. The driver parked his ride at the 22. Robbed at gunpoint 24, cops say. corner of Fourth Avenue and Shore The straphanger was taking the Two punks with a gun stole $700 Police had a search warrant for Road at 4:30 pm, and when he re- train toward Manhattan at 9:48 am, and a cellphone from a man on Van the home between Avenues I and J turned an hour later, he found that and when the doors opened at 77th Sicklen Avenue on Oct. 22. at 7 am, reports show. The man was walking on the someone had taken a his billfold Street, the thief grabbed the man’s Cops found a loaded gun, a hand- street between Avenues S and T in containing $100 and credit cards, a phone and ran out of the station, po- gun, and a shotgun, according to a Gravesend at 3:45 pm when the pair check for $4,500, and his phone, a po- lice said. report. Police also found numerous approached him from behind, po- lice report states. The victim chased the phone rounds of ammunition and mari- lice said. One man put the victim in snatcher, but lost him on 77th Street juana, an offi cer stated. between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, a headlock, and the other whipped Hasty withdrawal a police report states. out a black handgun and demanded A swindler with a history of money, a police report states. Blowing smoke scamming a Third Avenue bank The victim handed over his wal- Cops cuffed a suspect who they tried to make a $6,500 withdrawal 62ND PRECINCT let and phone, and the aggressors say was driving while under the in- from an account that didn’t belong BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH fl ed north toward Kings Highway, fl uence of marijuana on Avenue M to him at the fi nancial institution law enforcement sources said. on Oct. 25, according to a report. on Oct. 24. Knife to meet you Police say the driver’s taillight The man entered the bank at the A total stranger stabbed a 79th Wheeling and stealing was defective and when offi cers corner of 95th Street at 11 am and Street man for no apparent reason Someone stole a safe from an 86th pulled over the perp near E. 45th tried to make the withdrawal, but on Oct. 26. Street car dealership on Oct. 27. Street at 4 am, they noticed a strong security recognized the man, who The 26-year-old victim was sit- The burglar broke into the lot be- smell of weed. Authorities say the they said has tried to draw others’ ting on his stoop on the corner of tween Bay 11th Street and 16th Ave- perp admitted to smoking pot and money in the past, and the fraudster 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst at 2:30 nue in Bath Beach overnight by clip- had six small bags fi lled with the fl ed the bank, a police report states. am when a man walked up and ping a chain link fence, then busted drug. — Vanessa Ogle Crook charges console on cloned credit card BY MAX JAEGER video game system from a Queens elec- at the store at 8:49 pm, racking up a A guy used a Coney Island woman’s tronics store on Oct. 3. $332.97 charge for the console, law en- cloned credit card to buy a Playstation The man used the ill-gotten card forcement sources said. Police say the man was last seen wearing a dark blue baseball cap, ■ green jacket, yellow undershirt, green pants, and yellow work boots without shoelaces. Anyone with information regard- ing the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577–8477. The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www. nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Courier Life Classifieds CHEAT CODE: Police say this man used a Brooklyn’s Premier Entertainment Guide call (718) 260—2555 copy of a Coney Island woman’s credit card to buy a video game system in Queens. NYPD 8 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB The only Medicare plan backed by HHC, the nation’s largest public health system. Come to a free seminar near you! October 15 – December 7 is your chance to enroll in or switch your Medicare plan for 2015. Don’t miss out! We’ll answer all your questions. 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But one runner rolled my ankle.” participants said the night- said that so many people out- But one zombie said the time run was so eerie that it ran the zombies, there weren’t run was a great way to get into even spooked the zombies. enough medals for everyone. the Halloween spirit. “It was defi nitely kind of “A lot fl ags weren’t being “I had a good time being a scary,” said Josh Katz, who pulled,” said Katherine Or- zombie,” said Demetra Chari- ZOMBIE TERRITORY: (Above) Steven and Jennie Slattery applied their played one of the shambling tega, who added that the race demou, who said she would own makeup to serve as the undead for the Zombie Run at Aviator Sports brain-eaters. “It was pretty had room for improvement. run another race. “I love Hal- and Events Center on Oct. 25. (Center) Zombie Demetra Charidemou dark there.” “They ran out of medals, the loween — I love the festivities chases down runner Katherine Ortega. 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Roman he tells the story of the ani- “The harvest is a time “Redhawk” Perez, a member mals and the Earth mother.” when the season is chancing of the Taino tribe, bestowed Kroog said the day was a and everything is coming to a a blessing on the Earth — time for locals to enjoy the close,” said Gail Kroog, the di- a ritual that included ev- Earth and, most importantly, rector of the center. “It’s kind eryone in attendance, said remember that the death of AWESOME AUTUMN: (Above) Roman “Redhawk” Perez drums while he of like a cycle.” Kroog. something always means a tells a story at the annual Harvest Celebration Performance at the Salt The day was fi lled with tra- “He does a blessing to the new beginning. Marsh Nature Center on Oct. 26. (Center) Dancers perform to “Scarbor- ditional and contemporary four directions,” she said. “Everything is dying so it ough Fair,” choreographed by Gail Kroog. (Left) The Bellymystics show performances. 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One performer, whose trick involved balancing atop three chairs, said the youngsters were a great audience because when they liked — or disliked — a stunt, they were very frank, so he was able to tailor his act to their tastes. “Children are wonderful because they are honest,” said Rob Lok, who performs as Dr. Know-It-All. “I like to perform for children of all ages.” The day wasn’t just fi lled with silly acts — dancers from the Covenant Ballet Theatre danced to Michael Jackson’s chilling hit, “Thriller.” The dancers wore ripped clothing SPOOKTASTIC: (Clockwise from above) Dancers from the Covenant Ballet Theatre dance and painted their faces white to Michael Jackson’s ”Thriller.” Shania Baker, dressed as the Queen of Hearts, strikes a and black like ghoulish zom- pose. Anya Garcia hugs her superhero daughter Brooke-Lynn Richardson. Dancers and en- bies of the iconic music video. tertainers performed elaborate routines for the kids. 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Morin of Engineering hosted tion digging robot said uated from New York explained that in or- a talk last Thursday the talk brought things University’s medical der to build something night about the future down to Earth for them. school in 1982 and fl ew like a permanent out- of space travel with “Hearing them talk on a shuttle mission to post on the moon, sci- three alumni who went about this stuff makes the International Space entists would have to MOON WALK: Paolo Nespoli, who graduated from Poly in 1989, once spent fi ve-and-half months on the International Space Station. Photo by Jason Speakman Don’t Let Pain in Your send up robots that can that a fl ashy accom- craft the materials and plishment like that tools needed from moon- would inspire a new Shoulder, Knee or Back Affect rocks, because launch- generation of engineers ing that stuff up there and astronauts like the would be too expensive. lunar landing did for The fi rst robot could his generation. The out- Your Quality of Life! make the things it needs of-this-world guests also to construct another ro- talked about a current bot, and together they mission to land a space- o you have knee pain could start to build big- craft on an asteroid, from arthritis or a torn D ger and bigger compo- then move the asteroid meniscus? Do you have nents. He calls the ap- into the earth’s rotation. shoulder pain from arthritis or proach the “compound The idea is that, once a torn rotator cuff? Do you interest model.” the hunk of space rock have back pain from arthritis, “We have to build is closer to home, astro- herniated discs or degenera- stuff that helps you make nauts could visit it, take tive discs? more stuff,” Lee said. samples, and run exper- Here’s good news. There is Charles Camarda, an iments. A kid in the au- a revolutionary non-surgical astronaut who gradu- dience asked the astro- treatment called prolotherapy ated from the engineer- nauts what the most fun that has been proven to be 80% ing school in 1974 and thing they did in space successful with these types fl ew on a space shuttle was. Nespoli explained of chronic pain. When knee, mission, agreed that that just being there is shoulder or back pain does not self-suffi ciency is key a blast. respond to usual treatments, above the atmosphere. “They don’t usually the most likely reason is “It’s living off the send you to space to because the real cause of pain land. It’s what all pio- have fun,” he said. “But is the weakened or torn liga- neers do,” he said. you can really do some ments and tendons. Ligaments The third alumnus- crazy stuff you can’t do and tendons are strong fibers has been used extensively for apy to have an amazing 87% astronaut, Paolo Ne- here on earth. You’re Su- that support and stabilize the chronic back and neck pain. success rate. spoli, who works with perman or something.” shoulder, knee and back. Prolotherapy is a treatment Before you, your family the European Space The talk came just It is easy to find out if your that increases blood flow to and friends undergo surgery Agency and spent fi ve- days after this reporter and-half months on the suited up for his own knee or shoulder problem is the damaged tendons and lig- for chronic knee or shoulder space station, said as- space mission at the due to weakened or torn liga- aments and stimulates repair pain, you should check out tral explorers should Navy Yard. There he ments or tendons. Press your and healing. If done by a doc- prolotherapy. To learn more aim higher, and farther. crashed and burned on a knuckle on the inside of your tor well experienced in prolo- about prolotherapy, go on “We should put some spaceship fl ight simula- knee beginning just above therapy, it is a simple and safe www.yourprolo.com, energy into a place we tor at Final Frontier De- the knee going to below the treatment with a very high Facebook/Dr.Castillo’s haven’t been to yet,” Ne- signs, a spacesuit manu- knee. If it hurts a lot, then most permanent success rate. Pain Relief Center or spoli said. “I think we facturer trying to break likely, the tendons and liga- Dr. George Stuart Hackett, need to go to Mars.” into the private-star-ship ments are torn. You can do the an orthopedic surgeon, start- call A.N.L. del Castillo, Nespoli explained industry. same procedure in the front ed prolotherapy in 1939. Dr. M.D. at 718-966-8120. and back of the shoulder. If it Hackett, dubbed as the “Father Dr. Castillo is the most really hurts when you press of Prolotherapy”, had treated experienced board certified your knuckle on the knee and about 1,600 patients in a peri- pain management specialist The source for news shoulder, then you are a good od of 19 years. Eighty two per- in Brooklyn and Staten Island candidate for prolotherapy. cent of these patients obtained with 33 years experience in Prolotherapy is also used good permanent relief. this field. to treat chronic pain in the A scientific study done at His office is located in your neighborhood: elbow, ankle and wrist (car- the Samsun Medical Clinic at 9731 4th Avenue, pal tunnel). It is an excellent and University of California Brooklyn and 126 treatment for “whiplash” inju- at San Diego was published in ries and headaches following the Journal of Spinal Disorders Wieland Avenue, Staten car accidents. Prolotherapy in 1993. 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Edible Pops™ come in a vari- ety of kid-friendly shapes so they’re Build It Back. “I am pleased that issues renovations they added to their home perfect for birthday celebrations at residents have raised during our hear- after Sandy, before they knew they’d school. Edible Arrangements also ings are being addressed, and I ask the have to rebuild. It is an issue he said TM recognizes that often times, teach- Edible Pops ers provide the supplies and snacks Mayor’s Offi ce to maintain the sense he couldn’t negotiate with the Depart- for their students, especially in lower of urgency felt by those still waiting to ment of Housing Preservation and De- income areas. 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It’s all about bureaucracy.” months,” he said. “I’m looking at, re- "# $%$%" " Velez also said his family — who is alistically, fi ve to six months.” # %$#$" ( '$"" $ darkened parkway — and he said the -:/-6-)+0·-7:/-<7?6 BLACKOUT department has already missed their original deadline. ):16- ):3· 144);16 Continued from cover “We originally were promised that comes dark,” he said. “It is like a dou- the lights would be done by the end of 144;4)6, #0):- ble whammy over there.” summer,” he said. “It has been a slow @7=: 168=<76 There have been eight accidents on response.” % "% 8:72-+<; that stretch of road since this lights Maisel said the community is put went out in 2012, according to city at risk because of the department’s de- '-,6-;,)@ 7>-5*-: data. lay. 85 Councilman Alan Maisel (D–Ma- “It is a very dangerous situation,” rine Park) said he has written numer- said Maisel. “They should have worked #)16<-:6):,#+0774=,1<7:1=5 ous letters to the department about the much, much faster.” );<<0#<:--< -481,-6<1.@8:787;-, 8:72-+<;.7:@7=: -7:/-<7?6 6-1/0*7:077,?1,- 144 );16 -:/-6 -)+0 ):16- ):3 144 :-;141-6+@84)6 ;4)6, ("# % $( " #$"%$ " " &" "# #$ " " &"( 7:57:-16.7:5)<17684-);-+76<)+<16.7;<7:5:-+7>-:@6@/7> ???;<7:5:-+7>-:@6@/7>+755=61<@:-+76;<:=+<1768:7/:)5 BLACKOUT: Drivers say the lights damaged from Hurricane Sandy along the Belt Parkway — $?1<<-: ("1;16/ (#<7:5"-+7>-:@A)+-*773 (#<7:5"-+7>-:@ between Knapp Street and Flatbush Avenue — make nighttime driving conditions dangerous. --,*)+3!=-;<1766)1:-0<<8/77/4 )<9($ Photo by Elizabeth Graham &" "# #$ " " &"( M COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 19 Lightning strikes twice for Bolts Brooklyn’s Boys of Autumn stomp Mammoths in last-minute comeback BY MAX JAEGER game but he came through when it mat- made incremental gains, but quarter- What a shocker! tered,” said superfan Nick Orlando . back Kolton Browning just couldn’t The atmosphere was electric when But the Bolts’ shocking triumph connect with star receiver Kevin Elliot the Brooklyn Bolts crushed the formerly started minutes earlier in the game. on the wing. With a little more than a undefeated Omaha Mammoths 15–13 After a lackluster third quarter, the minute left, Browning found the alter- with a last-minute fi eld goal on Oct. 24 at team rallied like a freak summer native he needed, lobbing a bomb over MCU Park, continuing the team’s win- storm. the middle to tight end A.C. “Alternat- ning streak. Down one point with three minutes ing Current” Leonard for a team-re- One thunderhead in the record- on the clock, the Bolts blocked a Mam- cord 49-yard gain. breaking crowd of 3,265 said the late- moth fi eld goal attempt from deep in The bolt-from-the-blue play was game goal made up for the kicker’s oth- the red zone. Recharged by the miracle just what the team needed, one fan erwise weak performance. stop, the Bolts mounted a fi nal drive said. “Kicking was a problem in that with a new surge of energy. The squad “Didn’t I say they need to throw it up the middle?” said thunderhead Rick Lundberg in a frenzy of excitement. Attention The Mammoths discharged the Bolts’ next three tries, and on fourth down, kicker Nick Marsh took the LANDLORDS fi eld. The Rutgers alum was 0–3 on ex- tra-point and fi eld goal attempts Fri- OVER day night, and standing well outside s !RE 9OUR 4ENANTS #REATING ! .UISANCE the red zone, the odds were stacked in 35 YEARS WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Star re- s $O 4HEY /WE 9OU 2ENT the Mammoths’ favor. MCU Park fell EXPERIENCE silent — the calm before the storm — ceiver Kevin Elliott catches a touchdown and even the most clamorous thun- pass from Corey Robinson, bringing the s .EED 4HEM %VICTED FREE &OR ! #ONSULTATION derheads in sections 17 and 19 brought Bolts within one point of the Mammoths. s #OMMERCIAL 2ESIDENTIAL #ALL 718-788-5052 their rowdy energy down to a low Photo by Steve Schnibbe rumble. The house polka band rested a few bars. The beer taps halted their yards through the uprights. And in a HAGAN, COURY & Associates amber fl ow. fl ash, it was over, and the Mammoths Then it happened — the snap, the were wiped out. TH !VE s "ROOKLYN hold, and a powerful boot from Marsh The Bolts play again tonight in sent the pigskin sailing a record 36 Boston. ,15 "44, Triathlon dashed by fees 3!,%3 s 0!243 s 2%0!)23 BY MAX JAEGER and it was the last day at Luna Park so This race was over before it began. we were marketing it as that, too. ‘Come The promoter planning the Oct. 26 to the race and then go eat at Nathan’s Brooklyn Triathlon canceled the event or ride some rides.’ ” at the last minute after he found out Caress said Pacifi c Sports will re- Guaranteed Lowest Prices in Brooklyn! the city wanted to charge more than fund all or a portion of registration $100,000 to close two miles of Surf Av- fees, something the company is still On ALL Air Conditioners & Major Appliances enue in Coney Island. working out. But he estimates the Cal- In a letter sent on Oct. 14, the may- ifornia company has lost $100,000 by MR. VACUUM COUPON or’s offi ce said police needed $127,466 cancelling the race. to close Surf Avenue between W. Fifth Another race promoter said the We Will Beat and W. 37th streets to traffi c for the NYPD’s steep price tag and lack of FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY & three-hour event. The promoter pulled transparency are par for the course. Match out because the city declined to itemize “What do you think, you’re going to REPAIR ANY VACUUM Any Price the bill and gave him impossibly short get a small police bill?” said John Korff, notice that the fee would be so high, he who founded the NYC Triathlon. “Yes OR SEWING MACHINE On Air said. you get a bill. Yes you get it late in the Conditioners “We thought it would be about one- game. No you don’t really have any re- fi fth of this,” said Jack Caress of Pa- course.” cifi c Sports. “What’s really troubling But just because it is a common $ 95 is there was no transparency, no detail practice doesn’t make it a good way to — I’ve asked for months to see the de- do business, he said. + PARTS 14 ployment. Well, $127,000 for two miles “The small entrepreneur can’t exist + TAX — I can’t fathom what they would need, in an environment like this because of AMANA s GE and they won’t disclose it.” the uncertainty of city fees,” said Korff, WITH COUPON ONLY. EXPIRES 11/30/14 FRIEDRICHS Pacifi c Sports has held events in who sold the NYC Triathlon in 2013 be- FRIGIDAIRE Brooklyn before, but they didn’t re- cause he didn’t want to be in the posi- & MORE quire closing roads, he said. tion Caress is in now. “I got concerned, APPROVED & DEALER Caress said he chose the People’s and I thought if the Police Department Playground because he wanted to sup- can charge me, how do I know I won’t port Coney Island’s revitalization, and suddenly get a bill from the Sanitation the race would have brought money to Department or the DOT?” 8705 54( !6% s -26!#55-34/2%3#/- the neighborhood, Caress said. Caress said he’s not likely to try an- nn s &)8%$ “We’d have had easily between 1,500 other triathlon in the city. to 2,000 people including spectators, Continued on page 22 20 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G Elect Jeffrey Ferretti Assembly 59th AD Third Generation District ZAZDAROVJE!: “The Snow Maiden” — a Russian-language musical for ages 6 and up — will bring Moscow to this side of the East River on Dec. 21 at the Brooklyn Center for the Per- forming Arts. Igor Khodzinskiy Diamond season of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO made it into McFerrin’s inventive col- The U-shaped building at the end of the laborations, and his partnerships with IRT line in Flatbush — where Frank Yo-Yo Ma and Sesame Street pushed the Serpico, Li’l Kim, and Marty Markowitz envelope even further. went to school — is tuning up for an an- Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, niversary season of music, dance, and “The Soul of Flamenco” family performances. Friday Nov. 14 at 8 pm, $30–$45. The Brooklyn Center for the Perform- The ensemble celebrates its 30th ing Arts at Brooklyn College celebrates year with a passionate new show em- its 60th anniversary with an eclectic bodying the purity of traditional fl a- “I Live and Work Here” lineup for the 2014–15 season beginning menco and classical Spanish dance. Nov. 1, bringing performers from Ja- Angel Munoz’s new piece, “A So- “For the Betterment of our Neighbors” maica, Russia, Canada, South Africa, las” is impressive. The New York “Leading and Serving with Pride” China, and across the United States to Times called it an “infectiously joy- the Walt Whitman Theatre. The boards ful celebration of music and dance.” will rock with fl amenco, ballet, Latin “The Snow Maiden” jazz, a cappella, classical drama, and Sunday Dec. 21 at 4 pm, $35–$50. Per- Fight to lower property taxes musicals, and usher in a new era, the formed in Russian with English subtitles, and water bill Center’s director said. recommended for ages 6 and up. “We will take our audiences on an A young girl is transformed by adventure that celebrates our past and Grandfather Frost (the Russian Santa Fight to improve our quality of life looks toward our bright future,” Jon Claus) into the beautiful snow maiden Yanofsky said. in this Russian-language musical. The Fight to keep feesfee’s andand fifines nes downfor for Here are our top picks to look for- children’s extravaganza incorporates local small businesses ward to: traditional Russian songs, dances, and Bobby McFerrin 60th-Anniver- elaborate costumes to create a winter Fight for our children’s deserved sary Season Opener wonderland. Zazdarovje! first class education Saturday Nov. 1 at 8 pm, $36–$60. The Klezmatics, “Woody Guth- Chances are you saw Robin Williams rie’s Wonder Wheel Tour” goofi ng off in a house dress while doing Sunday March 8, 2015, at 3 pm, $30. a silly jig in the musical video of McFer- Flash back to 1940s Coney Island, rin’s 1980s chart-topper, “Don’t Worry, where Woody Guthrie and his wife Be Happy.” The tune became an inter- settled into the raucous life on Mer- VOTE FERRETTI generational anthem and redefi ned the maid Avenue. Inspired by his Jew- role of the human voice in contempo- ish family and their community, rary music. It appeared on “The Simp- Guthrie wrote hundreds of lyrics November 4th sons,” “That ’70s Show,” “Cocktail,” rich with spirituality, tenderness, “Dawn of the Dead,” and even a Huggies and a passionate belief in the hu- commercial. Bach and The Beatles have Continued on page 22 Paid for by Friends of Jeffrey Ferretti MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 21 Pain Memorable times stops you at the Center We can get you started! NEUROLOGY Comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment of all neurological disorders CHIROPRACTIC CARE Safe, gentle manipulation to reduce pain and improve joint mobility. PAIN MANAGEMENT Diagnosis and management of pain through various forms of treatment. Immediate and long term relief for head, neck, face, shoulder, arm, lower back, leg, knee, and ankle pain. PHYSICAL THERAPY/REHABILITATION Improves muscle function to help stabilize OLÉ: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana “The Soul of Flamenco” will strut the stage spectacu- the area of injury. larly on Nov. 14. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO cultural lives of so many Brooklynites,” A movie ticket cost 45 cents, Boeing said director Jon Yanofsky. launched America’s fi rst jet plane, and Some memorable moments: SPINAL DECOMPRESSION the TV dinner made its debut when the • Pete Seeger and Jane Fonda led a 86% Effective in the treatment of herniated discs, Brooklyn Center for the Performing “Be-In” protest at the center during the bulging discs, disc degeneration and sciatica. Arts opened in 1954. height of the Vietnam War. Since then, the community-based or- • President Bill Clinton chose the ganization has introduced audiences to center as the spot to unveil his Ameri- international performers, such as Ray Corps initiative in 1993. SLIP AND FALL PREVENTION Charles, Marcel Marceau, and the Jof- • Jimmy Carter stumped there for Our “Before the Fall” program will help you maintain frey Ballet, exposing them to new cul- presidential votes. your independence by improving your balance and tures and ideas and spiking their cre- • The legendary Yiddish Theatre coordination (covered by most medicare plans) ativity. Around 70,000 spectators come was reawakened in the 1970s when cen- annually — many returning season af- ter offi cials tracked down original stars ter season, and some generation after and sets. Molly Picon, Fyvush Fin- generation. kel, and other Borscht Belt greats per- ORTHOPEDICS “There are specifi c families who formed. Our orthopedic healthcare service incorporates have been attending performances here • The Brooklyn Center Film Festival detailed evaluation, diagnosis and non-operative since the very beginning, underscoring launched in 1969 with Stanley Kubrick’s treatment and care. how central a role we have played in the “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Our comprehensive treatment program promotes a fast, safe, return to health sary Season, Nov. 1, 2014, to May 17, 2015 SEASON [2900 Campus Rd. between Bedford and Continued from page 21 Nostrand avenues in Flatbush, (718) 951– 4600]. Tickets available at www.brooklyn- man fight for peace and justice. center.org/buy-tickets/calendar-of-events 3500 Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn Center for the Performing or call the box offi ce at (718) 951–4500, (between Avenues U & V) Arts at Brooklyn College 2014–15 Anniver- Tuesday–Saturday, 1 pm–6 pm. 718.769.2521 he said. “If they’re not going to be hon- TRIATHLON est with us, then I don’t see why I would Monday – Friday 9 am – 7 pm, Saturday 9 am – 12 pm want to come back, and I can’t imagine Continued from page 20 why somebody else would.” -OST )NSURANCES !CCEPTED s !UTO 7ORK )NJURIES “I love New York, it’s a fantastic city, The mayor’s offi ce and the Police www.HQBK.com and I have the utmost respect for the Department did not return requests for police, but it’s got to be a partnership,” comment. 22 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G Party at Boo-klyn zoo BY NOAH HUROWITZ barn when we saw a little girl put creepy stuff into the po- Halloween came early to the come running out scream- tion but it turns out it’s all Prospect Park Zoo on Oct. 25. ing,” said Raquel Brooks with good for the environment,” The annual Boo at the Zoo a laugh, recounting the deci- said Lisa Nurse, whose 6-year- drew kids from around the sion not to bring her 1- and old son delighted at getting borough to take in the scary 2-year-old kids inside. up close and personal with sights and strut their stuff Youngsters also got the the animals. “Instead of be- in costume among the ani- chance to feed goats and sheep ing scared, they learned how mals. One mom said that her at the petting zoo and take in these animals help us.” HAUNTED BY CUTENESS: (Above) Jansen Brooks and her brother Mar- kids were too young for the a terrifying talk, in which a Baboons got into the spirit cus of Bedford-Stuyvesant hang out in the barnyard during Boo at the haunted barn that was the witch turned creepy-crawly by devouring pumpkins, and centerpiece of the event, but spiders and snakes into a po- a costume parade and dance Zoo, the Prospect Park Zoo’s annual Halloween event, held on Oct. 25. that they still had a spook-tac- tion, then explained how they party provided the fi nal treats (Center) Girl Scouts — led by Taurie Grant of Mill Basin — put on their scary ular time. fi t into the ecosystem. of the day. faces. (Left) A head was on the menu at the zoo’s spooky barn. “We were in line for the “The witch was trying to Photos by Elizabeth Graham () ( 3UNDAY s AM PM s *AY 3TREET "ROOKLYN * - ,''-* - &,''-* WHERE CAN TECHNOLOGY TAKE YOU? $',''* - .,''-* NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY #$%&%'$' " !""! CITY TECH s WWWCITYTECHCUNYEDUOPENHOUSE s *AY 3TREET s "ROOKLYN .9 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 23 Odds of a child becoming a top fashion designer: 1 in 7,000 Odds of a child being diagnosed with autism: 1 in 68 Some signs to look for: No big smiles or other joyful No babbling by No words by expressions by 6 months. 12 months. 16 months. Some signs to look for: To learn more of the signs of autism, visit autismspeaks.org No big smiles or other joyful No babbling by No words by expressions by 6 months. 12 months. 16 months. $ "# ! To learn more of the signs of autism, visit autismspeaks.org 24 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 M FOCUS ON Health Going bare Pros, cons of minimalist shoes METRO CREATIVE Barefoot shoes have en- CONNECTION tered the picture as a way Barefoot runners, toe to bridge the gap between shoes, or minimalist foot- barefoot athletics and foot wear may have different safety. names, but they are essen- Proponents of the shoes tially shoes that mimic the say they enable the foot feel of walking on bare feet. to move the way it was de- Many people wonder if this signed to, which can help type of footwear is harm- ful or helpful to their lower decrease the impact of cer- bodies. tain activities on joints. Barefoot shoes have Flatter soles and less pad- become quite popular. ding enables the foot to Chances are you’ve come move in multiple direc- across a person wearing tions. athletic footwear that looks Activating the small like it’s molded to the feet in muscles and tendons in the some sort of futuristic way. foot could also make for a Minimalist shoes have only more effective workout. recently come onto the mar- Regardless of what season it is, skin — including the skin on your feet — seems to bear the brunt of weather‘s However, some podia- ket, but they have quickly trists say that minimalist wrath. drawn quite a following. shoes may be less taxing on Athletic shoes are a rel- the joints, but could cause atively recent addition to other injuries. These prob- our sporting culture. It was not until the 1970s that the lems may include bunions, athletic sneaker, or runner, tendinitis, hammertoes, PROTECT FEET became an essential com- and even stress fractures. ponent of modern-day foot- Although research is wear. currently underway to com- These shoes have been pare injury rates between Shield yourself in the worst weather modified and have evolved barefoot shoes and stan- throughout the years to dard sneakers, there’s no METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION get in from the cold and take a before going to bed. provide various forms of definitive data right now. Regardless of what season it hot bath or shower, but this ac- • Wear a winter ward- protection depending on For those who want to is, skin — including the skin tually breaks down lipid bar- robe. Protective clothing the athletic activity they try barefoot shoes, it is ad- on your feet — seems to bear riers in the skin, potentially boots and thick socks not only are used for. visable to start slowly and the brunt of weather’s wrath. robbing your feet of moisture. keep feeet warm through the But there have been peo- gradually condition the feet Whether it’s the sun beating In lieu of a long, steamy bath winter, but they also keep ple who believe that the for the way these shoes in- down in the dog days of sum- or shower, take a quick shower skin safe as well. Strong win- bare foot provides all the mer, or the wind whipping in warm water. ter winds and below freezing support and assistance an crease movement and flex- around and causing skin to • Moisturize every day. temperatures can damage athlete needs. ibility. crack when the weather starts Moisturizers are designed the skin on your feet signifi - Many of today’s outdoor As with any new exercise to turn cold, skin is never fully to relieve dry skin irrita- cantly, so bundle up when go- surfaces contain debris and or fitness modification, use safe from the elements. tion, particularly on your feet ing outdoors. And be sure to hazards that could cause in- of minimalist shoes should Each season poses its own —which can be troublesome avoid wet socks, which can ir- jury to your feet should you be slow and steady to re- unique challenges to the skin during the winter months. ritate your feet and cause itch- run or walk without shoes. duce the risk of injury. on your feet, and this year fi g- Look for creams that contain ing and cracking, and might ures to be no different. With water and glycerin that will even result in the formation of fall and winter on the hori- help to draw moisture into the sores. zon, it’s important for men skin and stimulate the body’s • Stay hydrated. Stay- and women to practice proper natural repair process. Mois- ing hydrated is another skin skin care in an effort to pro- turizers that are non-greasy, care pointer people primar- tect their feet from dry skin, non-oil based and fragrance ily, and incorrectly, associate which can be irritating and free tend to work the best to with summer. But staying hy- unsightly. Though an extra repair dry skin on feet. Oil- drated is just as important in layer of clothing might hide based creams will actually the winter as it is during the dry, fl akey skin from view, it repel water that would other- summer. Staying hydrated is won’t do much to relieve the wise hydrate the skin causing important for your feet and irritation and damage that re- further damage. your overall health. If you en- sult from severely dry skin. You should also make mois- joy caffeinated beverages like This fall and winter, consider turizing a part of your nightly coffee and soda, you should the following tips to help your routine before going to bed. know that caffeine is a di- feet survive the woes of win- Skin temperatures rise during uretic that draws water out of ter. sleep, resulting in increased the skin. So be sure to coun- • Take quick, temperate circulation and healing, so be ter caffeine consumption by Some people turn to minimalist shoes to relieve foot pain. Others fi nd showers. It might feel good to sure to moisturize each night drinking plenty of water. the shoes cause more pain or exacerbate an existing injury. MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 25 FOCUS ON Health REGISTERED NURSES PHYSICAL THERAPISTS SOCIAL WORKERS CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDES You love being Mom’s daughter and friend. But lately you’ve also become her nurse, physical therapist and aide. Ankle fractures are one of the most common types of broken bone injuries. They also may be one of the most complex, and, therefore, should always be treated by an orthopedic professional to ensure healing. Now what? Taking care of an elderly loved one can feel like a Understanding full-time job. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) can help. We have skilled staff trained in managing specific conditions such as heart disease, ankle fractures diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Many of our staff METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION also live in the communities they serve, so they can most likely occur with a break. Elevat- Ankle fractures are one of the most ing the foot and applying ice helps re- deliver care quickly and are familiar with local common types of broken bone injuries. duce swelling and prevent damage to They also may be one of the most com- surrounding tissues. pharmacies and medical centers. When you realize it’s plex, and, therefore, should always be Reduction: If there is displacement time to get help taking care of Mom or Dad, VNSNY is treated by an orthopedic professional to of the ankle joint, a reduction — where ensure healing. they re-align the joint and bones — will the right care now. The ankle is a joint of the body where be performed. This may be done under three bones meet at the foot. The talus is mild anesthesia. the bone below the ankle joint. The tibia Surgery: Surgery is necessary for CALL NOW TO LEARN HOW THE VISITING NURSE SERVICE is the larger shin bone, and the fi bula is many types of ankle breaks. Surgery OF NEW YORK CAN DELIVER THE RIGHT HOME HEALTH the smaller outside bone of the leg. The will be discussed on an individual ba- ankle is a weight-bearing joint, and the sis and may require the insertion of CARE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE’S NEEDS. tibia alone is responsible for carrying metal hardware (such as plates, wires, 90 percent of the weight-bearing pres- pins, or screws) to further stabilize the 1-855-VNSNY-NOW • www.vnsny.org sure while walking. bones. Surgery will be done under full In an ankle fracture, any number anesthesia and there will be one or of scenarios may occur as to where the more incisions to reach the bones. The break is located. Fractures can also oc- hardware may be left in unless it poses cur in multiple locations. Because of discomfort, or removed after the stabili- this complexity, an X-ray must be taken zation is complete. and a doctor must tailor treatment on Immobilization: With or without an individual basis. surgery, some type of immobilization of the ankle will occur. This may be Symptoms of ankle fracture achieved with a splint, short-leg cast, re- There are a number of symptoms movable cast, or whatever the orthope- that may indicate an ankle fracture. dist recommends. There may be several However, these symptoms may also oc- different immobilization methods used cur in a sprain, or in torn ligaments, as swelling diminishes. For example, a which is why X-rays will be needed to patient may start out in a splint, prog- rule out other causes. Pain, swelling, ress to a cast, then be given a walking bruising, inability to put weight on the support boot. ankle, and deformities are all possible Non-weight bearing: There will be symptoms. a portion of time where no weight will be allowed on the injured ankle. Crutches, Fracture treatments canes and walkers can be used to support Depending upon the severity of the the body and prevent weight from being fracture, some breaks can be healed placed on the foot. Typically, it takes six simply with a cast, while others may re- to eight weeks for a fracture to heal in Our services are usually covered quire surgery to stabilize the ankle and an adult. However, this doesn’t mean the by Medicare, Medicaid and most insurers. help prevent arthritis issues down the patient will be up on his feet after this line. Here are the typical treatments for point in time. Many doctors prefer little an ankle fracture. to no weight be placed on a fracture for Ice and elevation: Swelling will Continued on page 6 26 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G FOCUS ON Health Ask the podiatrist Tips for foot care from a professional NORTH AMERICAN PRECIS Try soaking your feet across. Then, use an ing the edges. When toe- SYNDICATE for at least fi ve minutes emery board to smooth nail edges are rounded, If you’re like most in a bucket of cool wa- the nail edges by fi ling it increases the chances people, you take 8,000 to ter. in one direction with- for painful ingrown toe- Podiatrists are uniquely qualifi ed to diagnose and treat con- 10,000 steps a day. Here Keep skin smooth. out drastically round- nails. ditions of the foot and ankle. are 12 more steps you Use a foot fi le or pumice can take to keep your stone to gently smooth feet in good shape: the skin around the heel Find the right san- and the balls and sides dals. Sunny days and of your feet. “ warm nights may en- Don’t cut cuticles. Because of my courage wearing fl ip- Gently push back cuti- fl ops, but it’s a good idea cles with a cuticle pusher to get the kind made of or manicure stick. Cuti- diabetes I was high-quality, soft leather cles provide a protective to minimize the poten- barrier against infec- tial for blisters. Make tion and should never getting blisters sure your foot doesn’t be cut. hang over the edge and Prevent infection. beware of irritation To prevent fungal infec- and wounds on where the toe thong fi ts. tions, and viruses that It can lead to blisters cause warts, wash your ” and infections. Don’t feet daily with soap and my feet. wear fl ip-fl ops to play water, drying carefully, sports, do yard work or especially between the Today, doctors can speed wound recovery walk long distances. toes. by dramatically increasing blood oxygen levels Protect your skin. Change shoes reg- Keep your feet healthy ularly. Don’t wear the using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Using this with a waterproof, oil- same shoes continously. technology as well as other treatments, the free sunscreen every Keep shoes on. team at New York Methodist Hospital’s Wound time you wear sandals Avoid walking barefoot, outdoors. particularly in pub- Care and Hyperbaric Center can help save the Treat your feet. Dr. lic showers and locker limbs of people with diabetes, and promote Kathleen Stone, presi- rooms. Bare feet are ex- dent of the American posed to plantar warts healing of many other types of wounds. Podiatric Medical Asso- and athlete’s foot. ciation, says, “Pamper- Cooling down. To ing and grooming your prevent hot, sweaty feet feet promotes good foot and foot odor, rub corn- hygiene and should be starch or roll-on anti- done frequently to con- perspirant directly on tribute not only to your the soles of your feet. We fixed that. foot health in warmer Prevent ingrown Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center weather but also to your nails. Use a nail clipper body’s overall health.” to cut toenails straight One Prospect Park West, Brooklyn 718-622-2608 Diabetes Education & Resource Center ity of the joint. 263 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn ANKLE It’s important not 718-246-8603 to get discouraged dur- Continued from page 2 ing ankle fracture treat- several months. It could ment. With time, most of be three to four months the range of motion and before a normal shoe can strength of the ankle will be worn. It’s important resume. However, this not to place weight on the will not happen over- fracture until the doctor night. Even after the doc- advises, otherwise treat- tor has given his or her ment may be delayed and approval for weight bear- reinjury may occur. ing, there may be tender- Physical therapy: ness, swelling, and the The doctor may recom- need to limp on the foot mend physical therapy to for some time after. It help strengthen the mus- could take up to one year www.nym.org cles surrounding the an- for the swelling to dimin- kle and improve fl exibil- ish as much as possible. 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Lic. #74-1810078 32 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G C\kfli_`^_$jZ_ffcjkl[\ekjjc\\g here are some prob- allowed our youngsters and hour, we’d shift to 9:30 am, do something very swiftly lems in society that are preteens to get nine to 10 but that may be too late to ac- to help the other end of the K irrefutable and also hours of sleep before awak- commodate a full school day education spectrum: our relatively easy to fix. We ing for an early start time for and after-school programs). high-school students. With sometimes fool ourselves by school. This extra hour each day absenteeism and graduation saying that these issues are These hormonal changes would allow teens to get an rates still at unacceptable petty or that they will re- are compounded by an over- extra hour of sleep and they levels, this “Start the School quire too much disruption to loaded after-school schedule will function better, retain Day Later” reform will un- address. for many teenagers, coupled more of their studies, and doubtedly lead to higher That’s a shame when it with a few hours of homework also be healthier, both physi- test scores, better gradua- comes to teenage sleep de- each night. Consequently, our cally and mentally. tion rates, and better mental privation, because millions teens typically average only This would also be a better health in our overly-stressed of our youth are struggling six to eight hours of sleep dur- system for working parents adolescents. through adolescence and our ing weeknights, a full one to because their kids would be So, let’s finally change leaders could easily amelio- three hours less than what getting home an hour later. the school start time from an rate the issue with a stroke of doctors say is optimal for And it would be better for our agrarian imperative to a 21st the pen, some intelligent pro- brain function and for cogni- overtaxed transit system, be- century scientifically im- gramming, and a reorient- tion and fine motor skills. In cause it would stagger teens’ proved one — 9 am for all. ing of centuries-old agrarian places where teens start driv- morning commutes behind It’s time to wake up (later) practices. MAYORAL ing to school their junior or the busiest period of rush and smell the coffee — 9 am I am the parent of two senior year, studies show that hour, and they would pre- start times will improve the teenagers and a 20-year-old SPIN CYCLE children who have less sleep sumably also go home later quality of life of our teens, our and I have witnessed first- are 40 percent are more likely than peak travel times at the working parents and our tran- hand what many scientists to crash their cars than their end of the day. sit system. are now pointing out is an Kfd8ccfe better-rested peers. Our new mayor just ac- Tom Allon, president of avoidable epidemic: chronic So, here in New York, complished a truly transfor- City & State NY, was a Lib- sleep deficits in high-school from falling asleep before what can we do? It’s quite mative reform by adding a eral Party-backed mayoral students. 11 or even 11:30 pm because simple: move the start time new grade to our K–12 public candidate in 2013 before he left New research shows that of hormonal changes. Gone for all high schools to at least school system — universal to return to the private sector. the circadian rhythm of most is the ordered schedule of a 9 am (ideally, since most kids pre-K. But now he and Chan- Reach him at tallon@cityand- teenagers prevents them 9 or 10 pm sleep time, which commute an average of a half cellor Carmen Farina can stateny.com. 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MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 35 ÊCXqpËI\ZZ_`X[`[q`cZ_]fi:fe\p To the editor, My longtime councilman was Do- menic Recchia (D–Coney Island). Now he is running for Congress. SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR I want to ask him what he did for our area. I have the answer — noth- ing! Even when we were having a C 36 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G JkXef]]\ijjfd\ :fgj>fe\N`c[#G%) tudies show that police X[m`Z\kfk_fj\ officers booze and drug A BRITISHER’S J more than the average American, and their life ex- pectancies are 10 years lower VIEW [\Z`j`fedXb\ij while their suicide rates are higher, reports the cop-run J_XmXeX8Yilqqf little bit of this and a lit- website Law Enforcement To- tle bit of that. day, accounting perhaps for in the chest and said, ‘If you You grab this guy. He resists. 8 I can understand why cops turn rogues. In re- take any pictures, I’ll break When you get him in cuffs and why we are screening for Eb- cent weeks: An NYPD cop is your f------camera.’ ” in the car, you’re sweaty and ola here but it makes more videotaped throwing a preg- Fearful observers tread pumped up, so you give him a sense to incorporate travel nant woman to the ground carefully, even under ano- couple of smacks because he restrictions wherever we can belly first for protesting her nymity. deserves it,” he says. and keep the disease in West son’s arrest, and a cop is “Cops can make your The hotheaded officer is Africa. Some in our govern- filmed kicking a fruit vendor life miserable and place you usually jolted back into real- ment say … what exactly DO in the back in an unprovoked in physical danger,” says ity, he claims: “He’s told by they say? We have heard so attack. The cruelty is brutal to “James,” a paramedic. “I’ve his partner or another cop, many confusing statements. watch, say eyewitnesses. been in situations where ‘Just relax, you stupid, f------The harsh decisions, and “Marty,” a photo-journal- they’ve told the ambulance p----! What the f----- your prob- even many on the left agree, ist, has seen cops hit perps, driver to slow down because lem?’ ” should be made now, before it IT’S ONLY rupture their wrists with too- they wanted to delay medical Onlookers don’t always is too late. tight handcuffs, ram their treatment or abuse the sus- know the full story, says Israel has been criticized MY faces in the hoods of their po- pect.” “Tommy,” a former under- once again for attacking a lice cars, pour rubbing alcohol Copwork is dangerous, cover at the 70th Precinct in mosque. into their wounds, and mace and unpredictable, and people Flatbush where Haitian immi- Law professor Alan Der- OPINION them in custody. shouldn’t rush to judgement, grant Abner Louima was sod- showitz tells us that attack- “Maceing is a preferred says “Phil,” a former NYPD omized with a broomstick in ing a mosque that hides ter- JkXec\pG%>\ij_Y\`e method of inflicting agony be- officer. 1997: “When a perp has been rorists, or stores weapons cause it doesn’t leave marks,” “You see a robbery. You handcuffed and they’re still and ammunition, or covers he says. start chasing the guy. Your kicking and spitting at you, the entrance to a terrorist meetings to attend. A flatfoot once gave Marty adrenalin is pumping. You you have to do what you have tunnel is perfectly okay. Go, When you see the applica- a brutal warning at a crime don’t know what’s gonna hap- to do,” he says. “A cop’s work Israel Defense Force, go! tions remember to fill out ev- scene: “He thumped me hard pen. You might be killed. is subjective.” We have heard many ex- erything — especially your cuses about the intruder who date of birth. ran into the White House. Throughout the year you There is a simple remedy to will receive coupons for dis- prevent this from happen- counts and freebees like ap- ing again: just lock the door. petizers and desserts. 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Gary Sheftick Cadets are the face of the future army HARBOR WATCH They need to be well- The Army is training the of- rounded individuals with a fi cers of tomorrow to face the strong commitment to aca- challenges of an increasingly demics and physical fi tness. complex world, the com- They are team players who mander of the U.S. Army Ca- excel at problem-solving and MOVING MOUNTAINS: US service members, from left, First Lt. Matthew Mitchell, First Lt. Devan Zimmerman, det Command said. decision-making. and Navy Lt. Justin Bowles hold the American Flag atop Thorong Peak, a 20,200 foot mountain in the Himala- The cadets in the Reserve “We’re looking for folks yan Mountain Range. Canadian Army Master Cpl. Bradley Turk Offi cers’ Training Corps, or who want to serve and want ROTC, will be the leaders to be something bigger than HARBOR WATCH Republic of Korea and Nepal. While both offi cers are in those confl icts of the fu- themselves,” she said. Army offi cers with the 4th In- Navy Lt. Justin Bowles and highly skilled at mountaineer- ture, said Brig. Gen. Peggy The cadets have to be fantry Brigade Combat Team Marine Sgt. Jeffrey Morrison, ing operations, the limited air C. Combs, in an interview quick thinkers who can apply (Airborne), 25th Infantry Di- joint force service members pressure and low oxygen lev- last week at the Association their intellect in a variety of vision, recently became the from the Marine Corps Moun- els took some getting used to. of the United States Army’s ways when they are offi cers, latest ambassadors across the tain Warfare Training Center, “I’d say the biggest chal- Annual Meeting and Exposi- including in split-second, life Pacifi c. The mission was to joined the Army offi cers in lenge was the acclimatiza- tion. or death situations. train with partnering nations representing the U.S. tion,” said Zimmerman. “Here The world today is “com- “When you graduate col- and joint forces on mountain They spent three weeks at [at Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich- plex and dangerous,” and fu- lege, you are going to be put warfare operations in the Hi- the Nepal Army High Altitude ardson], I live at or around sea ture situations are expected in a position of responsibil- malayan Mountain Range in and Mountain Warfare School level, and when I get to Jom- to be even more challenging, ity that is responsible for the Nepal. in Jomsom, which sits at 9,500 som its 9,500 feet in elevation, she said. lives of those you lead,” she First Lt. Matthew Mitch- feet above sea level, acclima- and it’s just a huge change in No one knows where the said, as well as managing ell and 1st Lt. Devan Zim- tizing to the higher elevations. breathing.” next confl ict will be, she said, millions of dollars in supply merman, who are both scout While there, they also trained From Jomsom, they con- but the Army does predict a and equipment. platoon leaders for the 1st Bat- on various mountaineering tinued their mountain move- fi ght that will “be taken to “It is an incredible respon- talion (Airborne), 501st In- tasks, including rope and an- ments to a Glacial Base Camp the enemy with soldiers in sibility,” she said. fantry Regiment, and the 3rd chor systems, vertical face near Muktinath, where they boots.” The ROTC curriculum is Battalion (Airborne), 509th In- rock climbing, and other rig- conducted glacier training. Those soldiers will need also changing to refl ect the fantry Regiment, respectively, orous physical tests of endur- Tasks included ice climbing, great leaders who are deci- complexities of the world and made their trip half-way ance. movements across a moraine- sive, and can outthink the train the cadets to think in around the world to Nepal, in A particularly challenging covered glacier, climbing with enemy and be “two moves a way that addresses these the beginning of August train- aspect was a 10-mile endur- walking axes, moving in rope ahead to continually exploit challenges. The coursework ing through the latter part of ance test, which required stu- teams, and crevasse rescue. the initiative,” Combs said. also highlights the Army September. dents to fi nish in 100 minutes The class was broken down Those leaders are the ROTC profession and the gravity of Mitchell and Zimmerman or less, while donning full uni- into four-man rope teams led members of today, she said. the responsibility that the ca- represented the U.S. part of forms, boots, and rucksacks. by Nepalese team leaders, who The Army wants cadets dets will face as offi cers, she an international partnership At above 9,000 feet, the rocky are referred to as “Tigers.” who are strong leaders or said. class of students from India, and mountainous terrain Mitchell and Zimmerman have the potential to be lead- “Our curriculum is Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thai- around Jomsom proved to be were paired up in a team along ers, Combs said. Continued on page 40 land, China, U.K., Canada, the challenging. Continued on page 40 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 39 Indian holiday Diwali celebrated Spirited music fi lled the Dept. of Defense for the Hindu festival of lights HARBOR WATCH Spirited music and high-en- ergy dancing fi lled the Penta- gon auditorium today as the Department of Defense cele- brated Diwali, the Hindu fes- tival of lights. Diwali reminds the world that good can triumph over evil, and knowledge can over- come ignorance, according to Jason Forrester, deputy assis- tant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Manpower and Personnel). “Diwali is a time fi lled with light and love, danc- ing and good food, and it’s a time when people all over the world rejoice,” he said. “It is the darkest night of the dark- est period, yet it’s the celebra- tion of light.” Forrester recalled his time at home and abroad fi lled with many fond memories of Diwali celebrations. He un- derscored the importance of embracing all cultures, reli- gions, and ethnicities. Diversity and inclusion are “strategic imperatives DANCE FOR DIWALI: Nina Chaudhary performs the classic Kuchipudi dance during a Diwali celebration at the Pentagon on Oct. 22. Lisa Ferdinando that are critical to mission readiness,” he said. all faiths and backgrounds to grown signifi cantly since India. the beat. The Pentagon audi- “Diverse backgrounds and come together and share and it was fi rst held in the Pen- “It has truly been a privi- torium was fi lled with uni- experiences bring together exchange ideas, said Lt. Col. tagon, in 2012, he said. He lege to be a part of this, and formed personnel and civil- different outlooks and ways Claude Brittian, the deputy complimented the organizer, to know that you’ve allowed ians. of thinking, a key element of Pentagon chaplain. Defense Information Sys- us to take a window inside of The ancient tradition of an innovative organization, “We must continue to en- tems Agency employee Hidul your community and be able Diwali includes the lighting a dramatic force multiplier,” deavor to challenge, to en- Thaker, who serves as a Pen- to share it with the world,” of candles, setting off fi re- he said. courage each other, to dis- tagon chapel Hindu lay leader, Brittian said. works, and exchanging gifts The event at the Pentagon agree with each other, but and thanked him for sharing The performers, dressed and sweets. It celebrates the shows the importance of free- to be able to come together,” his culture and faith, and for in bold colors with ornate light of knowledge and truth dom of religion and expres- Brittian said. the inclusion of dances and decorations, executed precise overcoming the darkness of sion, which allows people of The annual event has traditions from throughout movements as they moved to ignorance. main focused while they per- getting up into that higher el- ing business,” she noted. TACTICS severed through the dangers evation is diffi cult,” Zimmer- CADETS The ROTC program is so and extended periods of move- man added. “Like every third much more than a scholar- Continued from cover ment in the extremely high el- or fourth step you’re gasping Continued from cover ship program or a means to with a master sergeant from evations. for air, and then you just keep changing very much to use develop leaders who serve the Korean army. “It was more about re- kick-stepping into the snow tactics as a venue to drive just in the Army, Combs The ending phases of the maining calm when you are and ice to keep going up.” thinking and problem solv- said. course progressed as the stu- on an 18-hour trek at 18,000, The pair was further chal- ing,” she said. “You’re going to be a dents continued their trek into [to] 20,000 feet, going over a lenged when their rope-team “We’re looking at how leader for life,” she said. the Thorong Pass, stopping snow crevasse, which is 200 member from the Republic of do we set the initial calibra- The leadership skills at various base camps along feet below you, but there is Korea sprained his ankle and tion of a leader’s weapon sys- will benefit the person their way to the culminating just enough snow in between had to be belayed down the tem,” she said. “And to me, whether the individual event, Thorong Peak, a moun- it that you can safely walk mountain several thousand the leader’s weapon system serves one tour or makes a tain with an elevation nearly quickly.” feet to the snow line. is his or her brain.” career in the active Army, as high as Mount McKinley, in The extreme elevations “We actually had to lower The command is also look- or is a citizen-soldier in the Alaska, at 20,200 feet. continued to test the climbers him down the mountain. It ing at how it delivers “the National Guard or Army Mitchell, who used his ex- as they pressed forward. was an experience I will never product of Army ROTC.” Reserve. periences from the U.S. Army “A lmost ever yone in the forget,” said Mitchell. Combs said she anticipates “What some people often Alaska, Northern Warfare course got some sort of alti- Mitchell said the experi- “personnel challenges” as don’t think about when they Training Center’s Basic Mili- tude sickness or were showing ence of all of the Service mem- the commands seeks to be think about ROTC is that tri- tary Mountaineering Course signs of AMS [acute mountain bers from all of the different more effi cient. component piece, that it is a and Assault Climbers Course sickness],” said Mitchell. countries roped together, help- “We’ve been doing it in total force commissioning as a bed rock for this training, “When you get into ing each other, and working about the same way for about source and this notion of de- said he and Zimmerman are Thorong Pass, where you get together to get to the 20,000- a hundred years now, so it’s veloping leaders across the both skilled in mountaineer- up to 20,000 feet eventually, al- foot peak was a memorable ex- about time to step back and nation, for the nation,” she ing operations, but had to re- though you are acclimatized, perience. really look at how are we do- said. 40 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G HBO, STARBUCKS AND CHASE PRESENT THE CONCERT FOR SALUTING AMERICA’S VETERANS LIVE ON HBO FROM THE MALL, WASHINGTON,D.C. 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GREAT SERVICE - LOW COST - CALL NOW! 42 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Light ‘em up: The New York Festival of Light will include large-scale projections, lighted sculptures, and other illuminating works of art, similar to these ones at a previous New York event. Nicolas Lemery Nantel The dark arts Dumbo to dazzle with first New York Festival of Light By Matthew Perlman tors each year. It started in 1999, but has projections on the outside and a laser show animate characters from a graphic novel umbo is getting flashy — and it is roots in a regional tradition that involves and a sculptural installation on the inside. he is working on. The pieces, called “Moto not due to another luxury condo or lighting candles in honor of the Virgin The video projections will be beamed Valkyries” after woman warriors from the Dgourmet grocery store. Mary, which goes back the 1850s. from six high-powered projectors located Norse culture, are made from recycled The first New York Festival of Light O’Braion has been to that show, and in the windows of John Ensor Parker’s materials including wood, aluminum, and will switch on under and around the has spent the last five years traveling to studio in a nearby building. Parker is help- cast stone. They incorporate motors and Manhattan Bridge on Nov. 6 for three different light festivals around the globe, ing to produce the Festival of Light piece lights to bring them to life, the artist said. nights of light-centric outdoor artwork. developing bright ideas for a Kings County using seven different works designed Tucker said the festival will highlight the One of the organizers said the waterfront take on the concept. But ultimately, the especially for the bridge by different art- versatility of light as an artistic medium. neighborhood is the perfect place to launch creativity of the participating artists are ists. He said projectors offer a rare way “How many different types of work a local version of the long-running interna- what will make the incandescent exhibi- to use the iconic piece of architecture as can be made with paint? It’s the same tional festival. tion unique, he said. a canvas. with light,” Tucker said. “It’s all about “Dumbo is the nest of innovation,” said “We want to open up people’s imagina- “I’ve always looked at it,” said Parker, how you’re able to capture and manipulate Liam O’Braion, who is organizing the tion to thinking about light in a different who started working in the neighbor- it into something that represents your festival with help from his friend Ira Levy way,” O’Braion said. hood in 1996. “But the Department of vision.” and the Dumbo Improvement District. The show will feature 15 artists work- Transportation is not going to let you hang New York Festival of Light (Beneath the “Not just for lighting, but for technology, ing mostly in teams to create illuminat- anything from the bridge or paint on it.” Manhattan Bridge archway off Anchorage art, and design.” ing work that uses light in some way. A Many of the artists in the festival do Place between Pearl and Plymouth streets The original Festival of Light is a mas- centerpiece of the outdoor festival will be not work with light exclusively. Lefferts in Dumbo, www.nyfol.org). Nov. 6 from sive four-day affair held in Lyon, France the archway under the Manhattan Bridge, Gardens artist Scott Tucker is showing 7 pm–11 pm. Nov. 7–8 from 5 pm–11 pm. that draws hundreds of thousands of visi- which will host a complex series of video a set of sculptures under the bridge that Free. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31-NOV. 6, 2014 43 WHAT, ME JAFFEE? Mad illustrator comes to Brooklyn comics fest By Matthew Perlman which includes 12 original works hey’re bringing him into hanging unfolded in Dumbo’s the fold! Scott Eder Gallery — the fol- T Comic Arts Brooklyn, lowing evening. The fair’s full the annual cartoon and comics days run over the weekend, with festival, is back Nov. 6–9, and 100 artists exhibiting, selling, this year it has a big draw — and and signing their work at Our a big drawer. Legendary illustra- Lady of Mount Carmel Church in tor Al Jaffee, the man behind Williamsburg on Saturday, plus Mad magazine’s famous fold-ins, a day-long series of talks at the will give a talk about his work at Wythe on Sunday. the Wythe Hotel on Nov. 9. The All the events are free to the festival’s founder said Jaffee has public, which Fowler said is one Comic Book Guy: Gabe Fowler is the owner of Desert Island Comics and the orga- been at the top of his list for a of its most important features. nizer of Comic Arts Brooklyn. Photo by Elizabeth Graham long time. “There’s plenty of comic fes- “He really defines what you tivals out there, but hardly any work at Fowler’s festivals since together, he said. think of when you think of Mad man: Illustrator Al Jaffee has been are free,” he said. “We really they began. He said Comic Arts “There’s an awful lot of us Mad,” said Gabe Fowler, who drawing Mad maagzine’s iconic back- want people to come and check- has a more underground feel than in Brooklyn, as it turns out,” page fold-ins since 1964. owns Williamsburg indie comic out what these creative people many other comics conventions. Newgarden said. Associated Press / Stephen Morton store Desert Island and has been are doing.” “It’s really about the art and less Comic Arts Brooklyn at various organizing Kings County comic centerfolds, which fold out, Another big name at the fest about the industry,” Newgarden locations throughout Brooklyn events for the past six years. Fowler explained. will be Mark Newgarden, best said. “You’re not going to see (www.comicartsbrooklyn.com). “And that was the first comic “It went along with their self- known for creating the “Garbage characters in costumes advertis- Nov. 6–9 at various times. Free. book I ever read.” deprecating sense of humor,” he Pail Kids” trading card series in ing the latest Marvel film. It has “Al Jaffee Unfolded” at Jaffee has been drawing the said. the 1980s. He will be releasing a an intimate, grassroots feel.” Scott Eder Gallery [18 Bridge fold-ins since 1964. They appear Comic Arts kicks off with new children’s book called “Bow The festival also offers St. between John and Plymouth on the inside back cover of the a reception at Desert Island on Wow’s Nightmare Neighbors.” a chance for members of the streets in Dumbo, (718) 797–1100, magazine and were created as Nov. 6, followed by an open- Newgarden, who lives in Brooklyn comic community to www.scottedergallery.com]. Nov. a cheeky response to Playboy’s ing for the Jaffee exhibition — Williamsburg, has shown his step out of their studios and get 7–Dec. 19. Call for times. Free. Great fight north Show proves Canadians can get mean, eh? By Max Jaeger like ‘aren’t you cute,’ which is infu- “I think America has a very hey are mad as heck, and if riating,” said producer Melanie clear idea of itself, a clear mythol- you don’t mind, they would Jones, who moved to Brooklyn ogy, but part of Canada’s mythol- Tprefer not to take it any from Calgary, Alberta, in 2010. ogy is questioning — even the fact more! “It’s like feeling like your 4 years that I’m making this show is very A Canadian writer and pro- old at the grown-up party.” Canadian,” Jones said. ducer living in Crown Heights The evening will feature The show runs at a tender time has put together an evening of three performances — a faux for our neighbors to the north — a theater to challenge the percep- debate between a Canadian and shooter killed one and injured tion that Canucks are sickeningly a Welshman called “Angry Rants three in the country’s parliament agreeable socialist draft-dodg- of the Disenchanted Foreigners,” building on Oct. 22. Jones said the ers. “Canadians Are Mean” will a “creepily demoralizing motiva- tragedy solidified her Canadian run two nights at Park Slope’s tional seminar” called “You Are identity. Brooklyn Arts Exchange Oct. Not Dead: A Guide To Modern “I don’t often have national 31 and Nov. 1. The curator says Living,” and a “super dark and pride — I have national defensive- Canadians care about more than moody and rock and roll musical” ness,” Jones said. “Right now, I’m just doughnuts, beer, and hockey, called “Stray,” Jones said. very proud to be a Canadian.” and her evening of dark theater And the productions are 100 “Canadians Are Mean” at will unleash some of their Great percent pure maple — the writers Brooklyn Arts Exchange [421 White-hot rage over being pigeon- and cast hail from the provinces, Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Not so cute now: Producer and Canadian Melanie Jones puts the smackdown on holed as hosers. and the production’s self-reflex- Slope, (718) 832–0018]. 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The pulp celebrating 20 years together with three shows at Baby’s All Right in fiction writer is better known as a Williamsburg. Chad Kamenshine Rhode Islander than a Brooklynite, but the tour’s guide and creator said she wants to expose more Shredding people to this little-known period of the author’s life. “There is so much focus on his anniversary life in New England, and his time in New York is overlooked,” said Jane Rose, who is herself a horror Noise rockers celebrate 20 years writer and filmmaker. “As a New Yorker, I want to claim a little By Danielle Furfaro of on-the-spot rehearsal record- piece of him for New York.” Loving the craft: Jane Rose stands in front of the Brooklyn Heights house where eerhoof has lasted ings, Dieterich explained. Lovecraft only lived in H.P. Lovecraft lived in misery. Photo by Jason Speakman longer than most mar- “We were just capturing it Brooklyn for two years, from Driages. so we could remember it, so we March of 1924 to the fall of 1926. Red Hook.” The story — written Brooklyn Heights — with a sub- So the cult San Francisco were not thinking about how At the time, the recluse was writ- in 1925 and published in 1927 — way trip in-between. noise-pop band is celebrating the recordings would sound, ing and publishing steadily, but tells the tale of an Irish-American “It is important to see both, its 20th anniversary with a new but after a few days, we said had little money since his former- detective who develops a fear of because the two areas reflect dif- album and a trip to Brooklyn, ‘these sound pretty good,” said ly wealthy family had fallen on large Brooklyn brownstones after ferent parts of his life,” she said. where it will play for three Dieterich. “Aside from vocals, hard times. He was forced to relo- uncovering an occult group per- Rose plans to take fans to both straight nights at Williamsburg the whole album is what we cate from the then-wealthy neigh- forming demonic rituals in a Red of his houses, as well as locations venue Baby’s All Right from captured that day.” borhood of Flatbush to the rela- Hook apartment. that set the scenes for many of Nov. 4–6. One the band’s secrets Dieterich said the band is tive squalor of Brooklyn Heights, It is not considered one of his stories, including the Flatbush to long-term harmony has actu- excited for its Baby’s All Right according to Rose. Lovecraft’s better works, but it is Reformed Church and the tunnels ally been its lack of mainstream run, where it will play with “He probably would have con- widely regarded as one of his most under Atlantic Avenue — both of success, said one band member. very different opening acts each sidered it the worst time in his racist — the famously xenopho- which appear in “The Horror at “Over the years, we put a night — including breakout life,” said Rose. “But he also con- bic author imbued the text with Red Hook.” lot of priority on our band stay- Brooklyn singer Xenia Rubinos sidered it very informative.” his distaste for New York’s large H.P. Lovecraft Brooklyn Guided ing together rather than getting and big-in-the-’90s post-rockers Lovecraft’s time living in immigrant population through his Tour meets at Prospect Park a big hit,” said guitarist John Trans Am. The venue choice the Heights, in an apartment on disparaging descriptions of Red (Parkside and Ocean avenues in Dieterich. “When bands make a might seem surprisingly modest the corner of Clinton and State Hook’s inhabitants. Prospect Park, www.morbidanato- big push to go on tour for eight in size for such an established streets, is said to have inspired Rose will give the tour in mymuseum.org). Nov. 8 at 2 pm. months straight and make it big, band, but Dieterich said that is his short story “The Horror at two parts — first Flatbush, then $20. these are the kinds of things part of the appeal. that break up bands. We did not “We have played a lot of dif- want to do that.” ferent size venues over the years, The four-piece — which one thing we realized is that the is known for its densely com- funnest shows are the ones where Bay Ridge fright nights! posed, angular instrumentation everyone is up your face and it is and the sweet vocals of bass- loud and crazy,” he said. By Max Jaeger — we are betting no judge could ist Satomi Matsuzaki — has Deerhoof plays Baby’s All et ready for a hair-raising resist a zombie Tony Manero. also thrived by continually Right [146 Broadway at Bedford weekend in the Ridge! Once you collect your prize, trying new things. Deerhoof’s Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) G A haunted walk, cos- shuffle over to Greenhouse Cafe 12th and latest album, “La Isla 599–5800, www.babysallright. tume contests, and — of course — (7717 Third Ave. between 77th Bonita,” is comprised entirely com), Nov. 4–6. $18. terrifying live tunes are all wait- and 78th streets) at 10 pm to catch ing for you in Brooklyn’s nightlife rock and dance cover band Out — and fright-life — capital. Of The Blue. This is your second On Friday, get spooked at the chance to show off those undead free haunted walk in Owl’s Head disco duds, so make it count. Park (67th Street and Colonial And if you are looking for Road). The horror show starts at 3 a more high-brow Halloween pm, but you will want to hold out experience, head to St John’s for the last walk at 7 pm, which Episcopal Church (Fort promises to be the most frighten- Hamilton Parkway and 99th ing. There will also be a far more Street) for Brooklyn One’s tame Fairy Tale Forest, if you are immersive production of “Romeo into that sort of thing. and Juliet” at 9 pm. As an audi- Then bust out your axe and — where you can play guitar ence member, you can become head to No Quarter Tavern along to wicked rock tunes. The part of the show — and there is (8015 Fifth Ave. between 80th and bar is holding a costume contest going to be a dance party preced- Staying grounded: Deerhoof is well known for its wild live shows. 81st streets) at 9 pm for a special with a $100 cash prize, so dust ing the production. 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Myrtle Hall at the Pratt Ville company presents Institute [200 Willoughby Luigi Pirandello’s play, Avenue between Classon MON, NOV. 3 MON, NOV. 17 which focuses on six char- Avenue and Hall St. in Fort acters, abandoned by their Greene, (718) 636–3600], SPORTS, BROOKLYN SPORTS, BROOKLYN author, in search of a the- www.pratt.edu. NETS VS. OKLAHOMA NETS VS. MIAMI HEAT: ater troupe to give them READING, TEA OBREHT CITY THUNDER: $69– $45–$4,000. 7:30 pm. life. $20. 7:30 pm. BAM AND ALEXI ZENTNER: $4,000. 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater [651 Fulton Novelists Tea Obreht (“The Tiger’s Wife”) and WED, NOV. 19 St. at Rockwell Place in WED, NOV. 5 Fort Greene, (718) 636– Alexi Zentner (“The Lob- SPORTS, BROOKLYN 4100], www.bam.org. Life is full of strange absurdities: Theatre de la Ville, Paris, ster Kings” and “Touch”) SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. MILWAUKEE performs Luigi Pirandello’s absurdist play “Six Characters discuss their careers as NETS VS. MINNESOTA OTHER authors, infl uences, and BUCKS: $35–$3,000. TIMBERWOLVES: $20– HAUNTED HALLOWEEN in Search of an Author” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music inspiring literary encoun- 7:30 pm. $3,000. 7:30 pm. WALK AND FAIRY TALE through Nov. 2. Jean-Louis Fernandez ters. Free. 7 pm. The Com- FOREST: Get in the Hal- munity Bookstore [143 FRI, NOV. 21 loween spirit with haunted Seventh Ave. between FRI, NOV. 7 walk tours, fairy tale for- Garfi eld Place and Carroll SPORTS, COACHES VS. est tours, and a costume Street, (718) 783–3075], SPORTS, BROOKLYN THEATER, A DRINKING bethemeth.net. CANCER CLASSIC: contest for families. Free. www.communitybook- NETS VS. NEW YORK GAME NYC PRESENTS 3:30–9 pm. Owl’s Head MUSIC, MUSIC FROM store.net. KNICKS: $79–$4,000. 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See Friday, Nov. hallny.com. 998–2800]. of Native American tribal will be admitted without a dances and stories. $7. 10 22. child. Free. 4–6 pm. Abra- OTHER MUSIC, BELLA UDLER: Russian-American Bella am and 11:30 am. Kumble TUE, NOV. 11 ham Lincoln High School ART, “SPANNING THE NAR- Udler presents a concert Theater at Long Island (2800 Ocean Pkwy, be- ROWS — THE VERRA- DISNEY ON ICE PRES- MON, NOV. 24 of Yiddish, Russian and University [DeKalb and tween Shore Parkway and ZANO BRIDGE AT 50”: ENTS FROZEN: $20– Gypsy songs, plus popular Flatbush avenues in Down- SPORTS, PROGRESSIVE West End Avenue in Coney An exhibition celebrating $205. 7 pm. American show tunes. $10. town, (718) 488–1624], LEGENDS CLASSIC: Island). the Verrazano Bridge’s 3 pm. East Midwood Jew- www.brooklyn.liu.edu/ Featruing Villanova, 50th anniversary. $7. 11 HALLOWEEN COSTUME ish Center [1625 Ocean kumbletheater. WED, NOV. 12 Michigan, VCU, and PARTY: Win bar tab prizes am–5 pm. 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The politician has supported leg- islation that would impose a fracking moratorium, prohibit the manufacture BAY RIDGE and sale of personal cosmetic products containing microbeads, established Tribute for Nicole a solar energy initiative, and encour- Synchari tí ria se esás! Put aged the use your hands together for Assem- of alternative blywoman Nicole Malliotakis, and cleaner (R–Bay Ridge). The hard-working power. Whew! pol was named “Hellene (Greek) On a lo- of the Year” by NYPD’s St. Paul’s cal level, our Society at its annual gala on Oct. green pal has 24 at Terrace on the Park in that sponsored a ADDING UP THE CANDLES: Teacher Madeline Scotto celebrates her 100th birthday other borough, Queens. ton of commu- with former students Dean and Luke Lombardi. Photo by Arthur De Gaeta Standing O pal Nicole was nity clean-ups recognized for her outstanding that have kept dedication and support of law en- Sheepshead Still strong at 100 years young forcement in the Greek-Ameri- Bay in the can community. Group president pink and green, and has tirelessly pro- BAY RIDGE “Oh, that’s a bad word, I don’t Det. Nick Biancoviso presented tected the mute swan population from ever want to hear that word,” said the award. a state-mandated death sentence. Standing O is sending a great, the spry senior who has two sons, The lawmaker was a happy re- “I am honored to have this impor- big shout-out to Madeline Scotto, three daughters, nine grandchil- cipient. tant recognition from Environmental the beloved math teacher at St. dren, and 16 great-grandchildren. “I couldn’t be more proud to be Advocates for the work I’ve been doing Ephrem’s school, for turning 100 “Some people like what they’re do- recognized by the St. Paul’s Soci- to safeguard the environmental both years young on Oct. 16. The birth- ing, but I have a passion for what ety, a fraternal organization com- in my own community and throughout day gal was feted at a special mass I’m doing and when you have a pas- prised of men and women of the New York State,” said Cymbrowitz. a few days later, and then at a recep- sion for something, you never give Police Department who put their District offi ce [1800 Sheepshead Bay tion where friends, family, and staff up.” lives on the line daily to protect Rd., between Shore Parkway and Em- helped her blow out the candles. Throughout her long and sto- our city and keep us safe,” she mons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, (718) The Brooklyn-born centenar- ried career Madeline has been rec- said. “I couldn’t be more grate- 743–4078]. ian has been teaching at the school ognized with the Florence Buechs ful to them for what they do each since 1960 — it’s the same school she Mathematics Teachers Award, the and every day for our families, FORT GREENE graduated from in 1928! Madeline Elizabeth Seton Award, the Distin- friends, and neighbors.” started out in a temporary position guished Graduate Award of the Na- District Offi ce (7408 Fifth Ave. Cutting edge that grew into a career of more than tional Catholic Endowment Associ- at 74th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) Let’s hear it for the Brooklyn 40 years. Now retired from full time ation, and a 1994 nomination for the 987–0197]. Hospital Center. The healing cen- teaching, she volunteers three days Nation’s Teacher of the Year Award. ter unveiled its cutting-edge cancer a week and trains students in all the In 2009 she was awarded the Pro Ec- treatment center. The hospital’s state- grades for the mental Math Bees. clesia Et Pontifi ce, the highest honor tients experiencing homelessness. of-the-art linear accelerator (Linac), Together they have produced win- to be bestowed on a lay person by “Socks provide warmth and help pro- offers radiation patients improved ners in local school competitions. the Pope. She now has a Standing O tect feet from fungal and bacterial infec- outcomes with fewer side effects. The The Standing O pal also initiated to add to her list of accolades. tions,” said Dr. Mark Rabiner, medical new high-tech equipment delivers the S.A.V.E. program which instills We wish Madeline many more director at the hospital. “With KKGAS’ high doses of radiation that conform an understanding and importance years of teaching, mentoring, and help we’re providing our patients with to the exact size and location of the of earning money, saving it wisely sharing her passion with new gen- an extremely valuable basic necessity.” patient’s tumor. This enhanced preci- and sharing some of the proceeds erations. Sock donation founder Adina Lich- sion reduces the number and length- with those less fortunate. She rules St. Ephrem Elementary School tman added her two-cents. time of alternative low-dose radiation, out the thought of complete retire- [7415 Ft. Hamilton Pkwy. at 73rd “Socks are the most needed yet least thereby yielding higher tumor control ment. Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833–1440]. donated article of clothing for those and better cure rates. experiencing homelessness,” said the Only the Brooklyn Veteran’s Admin- sock pal, adding, “socks are also the istration and the Brooklyn Hospital Cen- has arranged for the MetroCard Van SUNSET PARK easiest item to donate for anyone who ter offers this advanced treatment. to visit his district offi ce on Nov. 3, may not have a lot of time or money.” Brooklyn Hospital Center [121 enabling area residents to take care Rock ‘em sock ‘em socks Standing O is also adding a shout- DeKalb Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort of their travel needs, whether apply- There are a lot less cold feet out out to Toe Sox, a global apparel and ac- Greene, (718) 250–8000]. ing for — or refi lling — a reduced-fare there and it’s all thanks to the generos- cessories company, which donated the MetroCard, buying or refi lling a regu- ity of a college initiative called Knock 5,000 pairs to KKGAS. BAY RIDGE lar card or asking a question or two. Knock Give a Sock (KKGAS) and Lu- If interested in donating, visit www. So mark your calendars — Nov. 3 theran Family Health Centers. More knockknockgiveasock.com. Metro visit from 10 am to 3 pm. than 5,000 pairs of socks walked into Lutheran Medical Center [150 55th Attention MetroCard users, State District Offi ce (7408 Fifth Ave at 74th the center on Oct. 21. The toe warmers St. at First Avenue in Sunset Park, Sen. Martin Golden (R–Bay Ridge) Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 238–6044. will provide toasty tootsies for the pa- (718) 435–1468]. MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 53 • ‘We are dealing with a lot • ‘I came back home of character issues in and I thank God the locker room.’ everyday.’ — South Shore head coach Matt Ciquera on the — Senior guard Jaquan McKennon team strife he blames for a loss to Flushing after a hard year away in Maryland Lincoln rout of Clinton O’Connor’s 100th win BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI On the night coach Shawn O’Connor picked up the 100th win of his career, his program showed how far it has come during his tenure. The Abraham Lincoln foot- ball team faced unbeaten De- Witt Clinton without its start- ALL CLEAR: Senior Gerrell Martin has been cleared to play after a ing running back Daquan health scare nearly benched him. LIU Athletics Audain, and saw its starting quarterback Paul Litvak go down with a shoulder injury in the fi rst quarter. But none Martin cleared to of that could prevent a con- vincing 35–0 Public School Athletic League victory over the Governors last Friday lead Blackbirds night in Coney Island. Lincoln’s depth is a big rea- son it has been the premier CENTURIAN: (Above) Lincoln program in New York City the coach Shawn O’Connor celebrates after health scare last fi ve years. the 100th win of his career with “We have talent all across his team after the game. (Right) BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI able feeling,” Martin said. “I the depth chart,” said junior Lincoln’s Kevin Medy takes the ball Gerrell Martin feared the thanked God and I started quarterback Roget O’Neil. downfi eld during the game against worst as a health scare put crying. I’ve been through a “Talent like the PSAL has DeWitt Clinton on Oct. 24. his senior season of basket- lot. I’m blessed and thankful never seen before. We have the Photos by Steve Solomonson ball at Long Island University I can play this year.” best talent in Brooklyn.” in jeopardy for six months. Doctors determined he Things weren’t always that The 6-foot-3 guard un- had athletic heart syndrome, way during O’Connor’s 15 sea- they are a good program to derwent extensive tests for where the heart is enlarged, sons at the Railsplitters’ helm. watch and emulate,” said De- a heart ailment after he and the resting heart rate is O’Connor recalled a time Witt Clinton coach Howard fainted during a post-season lower than normal. Martin, when Lincoln (7–10) won just Langley. workout in April and was who averaged 12.2 points and two or four games in a season. The night was also a mile- struggling to keep up with 3.5 rebounds per game last “A lot of guys in the be- stone of sorts for O’Neil. The the team on the court. Black- year, was instructed to lower ginning struggled when this junior fi lled in admirably for birds coach Jack Perri said his stress levels. He admitted fi eld was rocks, no lights,” the injured Litvak after the the game early and never let- he was getting on him for his to dealing with anxiety, es- O’Connor said. “We practiced Railsplitters took a 14–0 lead ting go. Luis Rodriguez, who effort before Martin revealed pecially before practices and at Grady one year when the on a fi ve-yard touchdown run scored three times, punched he wasn’t feeling well. games. Now he is taking yoga fi eld was being done. We prac- by Kevin Medy with 4:53 left in in a three-yard touchdown on Doctors told Martin a classes regularly, and says it ticed on the softball fi eld. It’s a the fi rst quarter. O’Neil went its opening drive. The Rail- valve in his heart wasn’t get- brought him a new calm and lot of hard work.” 10 of 12 passing for 99 yards splitters recovered a fumble ting enough blood pumped focus. He praised his coaching with two touchdown passes by Clinton (7–1) on its own 27- to it. The heart was losing “It’s been helping me to re- staff for never wavering from and rushed for 51 yards. yard line before Litvak set power and he wasn’t getting lax,” Martin said. “I can see its philosophy and getting In the post-game huddle up the second score with a enough oxygen to the heart. it in my game. Everything kids into college even when O’Connor ripped the black 59-yard pass to Jordan Han- Perri had already told is much slower. I feel more they didn’t have the talent or athletic tape off the middle of nah, and the Railsplitters led Martin late last season that it loose, more relaxed.” facilities they do now. Lincoln O’Neil’s helmet and slapped 14–0 going into the half. Line- would be his team this year, The process also brought has won 53 games and two city on a sticker to indicate that the backer Jordan Nicholson also his time to lead. Martin said him closer to his teammates, titles in the last fi ve years. junior had proven himself as a fi lled in as a running back at it took a toll on him wonder- seven of whom are new this O’Connor, who has coached varsity player and was now a times. ing if that opportunity was season. Martin said they sup- four All-Americans, has the true member of the team. A “Our team decided that we going to be taken away. ported him even when he was second-most wins in program fresh blue strip will now be have to start picking it up and Then good news fi nally ar- unable to play because his ac- history behind Henry Kahan put on his helmet. prove to teams why we are rived last week in the form of tivates were restricted while (118–16–2). “That was the best moment Lincoln,” said defensive end a text from Perri telling Mar- doctors looked for answers. “They are one of the main of my life on this team to earn Alejando Oregon. tin he was cleared to play. No The team is glad to have him teams and programs in New my stripe,” O’Neil said. What Lincoln has become life-threating abnormality back. York City that if you really Lincoln earned the impor- under O’Connor is a pro- was found. “Thank God he has been want to get to a good level, tant win by taking control of Continued on page 57 “It was just an unbeliev- Continued on page 57 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 55 Team strife sinks Vikings Whitehead South Shore locker room brawl day before key loss BY STEPHEN ZITOLO adjusts well to South Shore defeated itself before ever stepping onto the football fi eld for a key game against Flushing last Satur- Seton spotlight day afternoon. Serious problems off the he majority of the buzz fi eld that led to fi ghts among around Seton Hall’s players and two senior two- T season is because of way starters quitting the Isaiah Whitehead, but the team fi nally boiled over into a talented freshman and for- locker room brawl before Fri- mer Abraham Lincoln bas- day’s practice, according to ketball star has no desire South Shore head coach Matt to further feed the frenzy Ciquera, who expressed his around him. growing frustration his team’s Whitehead, the Big East “character issues.” VIKINGS FLUSHED: Flushing quarterback Terrance Chavis scrambles Newcomer of the Year and “We couldn’t even get our its highest-rated recruit, and brakes free from South Shore’s defense. Photo by Steven Schnibbe pre-practice in because they was rushed by waves of re- wanted to brawl in the locker porters, cameras and ques- room,” Ciquera said. things the right way versus a the punt and ended up with tions at the conference’s JOE He said the strife led di- program full of kids that are great fi eld position on Flush- media day last week. He rectly to South Shore being focused on the wrong things ing’s side of the gridiron. But said the volume of report- KNOWS dealt a 41–14 beating at the right now, unfortunately,” Ci- the Vikings turned the ball ers around him was unlike hands of visiting Flushing in quera said. “It’s a testament over on downs. anything he had ever ex- by Joe Staszewski Public School Athletic League to my coaching staff with how “It’s on us,” said senior perienced, but he was re- play Oct. 25 — it was Ciquera’s well the team has done up to wide receiver Timothy Bow- signed to it. fi rst loss at home in his tenure this point with the character ers. “It is our mistakes, our “I guess it had to hap- the best player on the court as head coach. issues we’re dealing with in penalties that messed us up.” pen, because all of you on most occasions. Just be- Ciquera gave Flushing this locker room right now.” South Shore was again in a guys wanted to talk to me,” ing himself will be enough. plenty of credit for dealing his South Shore’s day on the good position for a story when Whitehead said. “Just be you,” Mobley team a much-needed wake up football fi eld was best summed junior Omar Jarrett returned What everyone talking to said. “When you’re you, call in its fi rst season back in up by two drives. a kick to Flushing’s three-yard him learned that day is what you’re are great.” the top-tier City Conference The fi rst came in the sec- line. But a bad snap moved the we here in Brooklyn already There is still a learning after winning consecutive city ond quarter with South Shore Vikings back to the 28-yard knew: Whitehead is not your curve for Whitehead, espe- titles in the Bowl Conference. (5–3) down 20–8. Flushing line and then sophomore quar- ordinary freshman. cially defending without “[Flushing] was a program tried to get tricky on a punt by terback Jason Martin was in- You aren’t going to bait fouling. He can’t get away that functions the right way, sending its punter in motion. tercepted in the end zone by him into saying something with the same physical play and kids who know how to do South Shore was able to block Continued on page 57 infl ammatory. He knows he could in the Public School how to handle the spotlight, Athletic League and he has on and off the court. White- to defend more screens, un- head is about winning like the isolation style he games, not winning head- was used to guarding. Hard year gives star new attitude lines. Having high school “I’m just trying to show teammate Desi Rodriguez, BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI so McKennon had to stay with my teammates it’s not all fellow freshman and friend Thomas Jefferson senior a family friend in a house with about me,” Whitehead said. Khadeen Carrington and guard Jaquan McKennon’s no heat and no running water “This is a team game.” former Railsplitters coach parents always told him how in Brandywine, Md., a town of It is one of the things Dwayne “Tiny” Morton, tough the world could be, but about 6,000. that has made his transi- as assistant at Seton Hall, it took a year living far from The conditions were un- tion so smooth. Whitehead in South Orange has eased home without heat or running like anything he had ever ex- has seemingly taken the the transition. But White- water to make him believe it. perienced. He had to buy bot- awkwardness away from head knows it won’t be all “I listened to them, but I tled water from a corner store the position of being asked smooth sailing. didn’t know it was that seri- to wash with, and he slept on a to be the program’s face, “I think I am already ad- ous,” McKennon said. “It just mattress under four blankets leader, and star at a young justed,” Whitehead said. “At made me more grateful. It to keep warm. age. His teammates praised the same time, I know there made me more humble.” “As a teenager, I wasn’t ex- him for how he’s handled is going to be some curves. McKennon chose to leave pecting that at all,” McKen- himself. There are some things I just St. Raymond for Cardozo after non said. “It was like a very “His composure,” said don’t know when I am out his sophomore season because big shock. I didn’t know what Pirates senior guard Har- there on the court.” the two-hour commute to the to do with it.” alds Karlis. “He’s always What we do know is that Bronx each day was taking a He immediately wanted down to earth. He’s not a re- he is prepared to handle NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Thomas toll on him physically and aca- to return home, but made the ally fl ashy guy.” the bumps thanks to his demically. He never made it to Jefferson senior guard Jaquan most of a bad situation. He There are moments experience in the spotlight Cardozo, because his family McKennon works on his shot after learned to cook, clean, and do Whitehead tries too hard, leading Lincoln and the up- ultimately decided there were a hard year away. his own laundry, and he got in knowing the expectations bringing from his mother going to be too many distrac- Photo by Steven Schnibbe the best shape of his career. that are on his shoulders to Ericka Rambert. tions if he stayed in Queens. His new coach can see the ex- help Seton Hall reach the “I try to do the best I can On the advice of a former a spot available that late in the perience built his character. NCAA Tournament. Senior in every position in of my coach, McKennon went to Na- summer. When he arrived, “It was an eye-opener for Brandon Mobley has told life,” Whitehead said. “I tional Christian Academy, a the situation was much dif- him,” said Jefferson coach him to remember this isn’t think in high school I did a prep school in Maryland — ferent than he expected. The Lawrence “Bud” Pollard. “It high school, where he was great job, why not college?” one of the few schools that had academy didn’t have dorms, showed him you can’t take the 56 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 31–NOV. 6, 2014 MBRB G Poly Prep rebounds from fi rst defeat BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI Poly Prep is back to its win- ning ways. The Blue Devils bounced EN GARDE: Lincoln’s Elias Davis guards the ball from Clinton. back from the fi rst loss of the Photo by Steve Solomonson season with a convincing 28–6 road victory against Wyoming because of those who did it Seminary in Kingston, R.I., O’CONNOR before them. last Saturday. Brendan Femi- “We just persevered,” ano ran for 166 yards and two Continued from page 55 O’Connor said. “We didn’t touchdowns on eight carries. gram that knows how to win, change our philosophy. We He broke a 92-yard scoring run knows how to develop play- were lucky to get some good in the fi rst offensive play from ers, and instills the expecta- players. We have a great scrimmage by Poly Prep (6–1). tion of playing at high level staff. A lot of guys behind Bruce Parker Jr. had a 10-yard no matter who is on the fi eld, those victories.” touchdown run and threw a 10- yard touchdown pass to Devin Rose. Fara’ad McCombs added a scoring run of his own. Erasmus Hall 29, Cam- VIKINGS pus Magnet 6: Aaron Grant completed eight of 13 passes Continued from page 56 for 132 yards and a touchdown Flushing (6–2). pass each to Jahsen Wint and Bowers did show the ex- Jahquel Webb for Erasmus plosiveness that the Vikings Hall (8–0). Daevon Alvarez produced in earlier games. and Qadash Lee each had a He had two touchdown re- rushing score. ON THE RUN: James Madison’s Keenan Slyvester runs down the fi eld ceptions on the day, the fi rst Fort Hamilton 42, Photo by Gina Palermo of which went for 80 yards. TUFF TOSS: South Shore quar- Thomas Jefferson 14: Sharif after catching a pass against Bayside. Flushing quarterback Ter- terback Jason Martin fi res a pass Legree went fi ve of seven pass- rence Chavis threw for three downfi eld for one of his receivers ing for 117 yards and touch- cluding two sacks. yards and two touchdowns touchdowns to three different when the Vikings played Flushing downs to Mohammad Masoud Midwood 14, Truman 12: on 15 carries for Grady (6–2). receivers and ran for a score. on Oct. 25. Photo by Steven Schnibbe and Juan Tejeda for Fort Ham- Brandon White tossed a 76- Tysean Johnson had a rush- Ciquera believes his ilton (4–4). Troy Booker car- yard touchdown pass to Dar- ing and receiving touchdown. team’s problems go far be- he said. “We are dealing with ried the ball nine times for 173 ryl Robinson for Midwood (3– Alex Adams completed fi ve of yond physical mistakes. a lot of character issues in the yards and a touchdown and 5). William Tarver ran for 118 seven passes for 41 yards and a “We got to change how we locker room. Unfortunately Noah Solano added two scores yards on 18 carries. touchdown. Tristan McDonald function as a program, with you’re not going to get very far on the ground. Olatundo Bruin New Utrecht 20, Lehman made seven tackles, including the standards we’re setting,” with those types of things.” threw for 113 yards and a score 14: Dayquan Russell carried a sack. Tilden is 1–7. and also ran for a touchdown. the ball 19 times for 147 yards Lafayette 38, Automotive Brooklyn Tech 31, Sheep- and two touchdowns for New 6: Moses Castello-Edward ran shead Bay 8: Elijah Rueda Utrecht (5–3). Angelo Carrera for 152 yards and two touch- off an injury-plagued 9–20 completed eight of 10 passes completed eight of 14 passes downs on seven carries for MARTIN season, a year after winning for 131 yards and three touch- for 79 yards and also ran for a Lafayette (6–2). Nasir Thomp- Continued from page 55 its third-straight Northeast downs for Brooklyn Tech (5– score. son had a rushing score and Conference title. 3). Andre Lebron caught three Bayside 22, James Madi- threw a touchdown to Shane cleared,” Perri said. “Now Martin’s return and a passes for 73 yards and two son 18: Daniel Martinez went Dillon. we can keep him focused on group of talented newcomers scores and Lawrence Menyah fi ve of 11 passes for 83 yards Eagle Academy II 36, having the great senior year have this year’s team believ- added a touchdown grab. Brian and a touchdown to Elijah So- Adlai Stevenson 12: Ramell that he thought he wasn’t go- ing it can get back to being Gill added a rushing score. banke and also added a rush- Redd rushed for 174 yards and ing to have.” a winning club. And its new Canarsie 21, Boys & Girls ing touchdown for James Mad- two touchdowns on 12 carries For Martin, that means leader knows a thing or two 6: Jefferey Killebrew and Ka- ison (6–2). Keenan Sylvester and Claude McCammon ran 10 leading both with his play about putting adversity be- mari Jones Hunter combined ran the ball 17 times for 112 times for 157 yards and a score and with his words. He said hind him. for 72 yards and a touchdown yards and Naahman Gumbs for Eagle Academy II (7–1). he is not afraid to go hoarse “We just have to keep mov- each for Canarsie (5–3). Kille- added a rushing score. So- Du Sean Barnett went fi ve of if it means getting a message ing,” Martin said. “We have a brew also tossed a touchdown banke also made 10 tackles. six passing for 160 yards and across to his team. Long Is- good young group and I’m ex- pass to Damario Spalding. Mo- Grady 30, Tilden 12: a touchdown pass to Michael land University is coming cited and I just love them.” ses Denny made 10 tackles, in- Quincy Jiles rushed for 164 Leite. and returned home with a reputation of the program, a is going to bring strong leader- est from Miami, Tennessee MCKENNON new appreciation for his life chance to lead a young team, ship to the program.” and Notre Dame among oth- here. and an opportunity to win a McKennon, who was con- ers. McKennon feels he needs Continued from page 56 “I came back home and I city title. And his team appre- sidered one of the top guards to showcase that he is more small things for granted.” thank God everyday,” McKen- ciates having him. in the city during his time than just a scorer. Pollard believes kids too non said. “Every time I wake “He is going to contribute at St. Raymond, comes back “A lot of kids in New York often believe things are al- up, every time I go to sleep.” a lot,” said Jefferson junior with something to prove. 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