April 2009 Vol.17 No.4 OSARC newsletter OSARC’s Prospects For Gold In This Issue At The Federal Reserve - Hellos and Goodbyes 2 A bad pun is always worth repeating. Well, maybe not. But, either way, - OSARC’s “Gossip Girl” you’re seeing one again in the headline on this story about OSARC’s annual trip, which takes the place of the April membership meeting. Members will be visiting the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 33 Liberty Street on 3 - Exercise For Older Adults Wednesday, April 8, 2009. A guided tour awaits, including a lecture with information about the 4- COMRO Report Federal Reserve system and banking in - Help Prevent Tier Five America. OSARCers will gather at 2pm, leaving time to deal with the heightened 5 - Restaurant Review security at the bank before the group attends the 2:30pm lecture. At 3:30pm, - Welcome, MEBA Retirees OSARCers will descend to view the gold vault, which is located 50 feet - Spector of the Green below sea level and contains billions of 6 dollars worth of gold. Free samples will Party Haunts New Jersey not be available. Coordinating the group is Renée Bash, who can be reached at 212-362-1202 or renbas@ verizon.net. 7 - Apollo, Avery & Barbie Space on the group tour is limited to 30 and to those who have signed up in advance. In the event of a “sell-out,” 8 - NYCARA Report priority will be given to OSARC members. Your status will be 9 - OSARC To Examine 2009 reconfirmed by telephone a day or two in advance of the trip. Federal Reserve Gold Vault Elections in May A reminder: visitors to the Fed must - Drug Rider show an officially issued photo ID, such as a driver's license or passport. Cameras or camera phones may not be used. Cameras, briefcases and other Reimbursements Coming packages must be left in locked closets in the bank's lobby, so we recommend you travel light. You will pass through a metal detector, so keep that in mind. 10 - Taxing Health Benefits?

Next Organization of Staff Analysts’ È È È È È È È Retirees Club Event OSARC rd Wednesday • April 8, 2009 • Assembling @ 2pm 220 East 23 Street Suite 707 New York NY 10010 Trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of NY (212) 686-1229 33 Liberty Street New York NY (212) 686-1231 Fax For Info, Contact Renee Bash at 212-362-1202 or [email protected] (212) 330-8833 Hotline www.osaunion.org Note: The trip is in lieu of the regular monthly OSARC meeting. OSARC Officers 2008-2009 Tidbits OSARC Co-Chair Fred Ranzoni has returned to the fold Co-Chairs...... Regina Berry, Fred Ranzoni after being “forced” to spend a week in the Caribbean. Co-Vice-Chairs...... Al Gundersheimer, Ana Vives OSARCer Winnifred Mayo-Pena wonders if it is possible to Treasurer...... Dan Morgan have the city issue IDs for its retirees. OSARC Co-Chair Secretary...... JoAnn Ambrogi Regina Berry suggests an easier method – go to your local COMRO Representatives...... Jim McKeon, John Ost, Edna Riley Department of Motor Vehicles office to obtain a non-driver's

É É É É ID. Some people, she said, prefer to carry it even though they Newsletter Editor/Photos...... Rob Spencer already have a valid driver's license because it contains less Editorial Assistant...... Gail Weiss information about the holder, which might prove important if the card falls into the wrong hands. Of course, don’t get caught driving without your actual license. OSARCer Nilsa Mangual- We’ll Be Seeing You In All The Old Familiar Places Rios recently attended a financial seminar given by the city’s Forty-nine (49) OSARCers and their friends attended the deferred compensation plan (DCP) at 40 Rector Street in March OSARC meeting: downtown Manhattan. Nilsa found the seminar helpful and Leslie Allen, Hakimah Al-Zahra, asked whether a speaker could address one of OSARC’s JoAnn Ambrogi, Gilberte Ambroise, monthly meetings. As a result, the officers are trying to arrange Jean Anmuth, Renee Bash, Marilyn a DCP speaker for the 2009-10 club year. If you absolutely, Bernard, Regina Berry, Elizabeth positively, can not wait, call (212) 306-5050 for a monthly Borden, Renee Boyce, Gloria Colon, schedule of topics. There are courses on “Money and Credit,” William Douglas, Bea Eisenberg, “Retirement Planning” and “Social Security and Medicare,” as Pauline Feingold, Manny Friedman, well as newly added topics such as “Tax Planning” and “Estate Jeanne Gorbatcheff, Al Gundersheimer, Planning.” Courses are approximately two hours in length and Gussie Harris, Paul Henry, Mary are held mid-day or in the early evening. A new service DCP Hillman, Roslyn Jones, Richard Kucera, provides enables you to spend 90 minutes in a one-on-one Kaye Lee, Rosanne Levitt, Hank session with a certified financial planner on the DCP staff to Mandel, Winnifred Mayo-Pena, Dan discuss your particular financial situation at a cost of $179. Morgan, John Ost, Fred Ranzoni, Claus Reinisch, Edna Riley, Nilsa Mangual – JoAnn Ambrogi Rios, Nancy Russell, Waguih Sabongui, • • • • • Gloria Colon Michael Schady, Tomi Smith, Michael Spector, Joe Sperling, Louis Starkey, OSARC’s Own “Gossip Girl” Sallie Stroman, John Sullivan, Madeline Taylor, Mary Taylor, OSARCer Marilyn Bernard, who Kristen Telemaque, Hattie Thomas, Sarah Vilar, Richard retired from the Fire Department, has Walters, Gail Weiss, and Margaret Williams. managed to cobble together a successful Winnifred Mayo-Pena, who retired from the Department second career as an actor. She has graced of Housing Preservation and Development in 2008, and Gloria the New York stage and you now have Colon, who retired from the Health and Hospitals Corporation, the opportunity to see her on the small were attending their first OSARC meeting. Welcome Gloria and screen. Winnifred. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting On April 20, 2009, at 8pm, Marilyn and, hopefully, volunteering in the work of running OSARC. will be appearing on the CW's highly

• • • • • successful Gossip Girl series, broadcast Marilyn Bernard on channel 11 in . In Memoriam (Consult your local listings for the schedule and channel in The Newsletter recently learned of the deaths of three OSA your area.) Marilyn will be playing the character of “Ida Rose,” retirees: Thomas Seelye, who retired as an Associate Staff mother of “Cyrus Rose” played by Wallace Shawn, who is Analyst in 1998 at the NYC Police Department, Renee Francis perhaps best known for his leading role in the indie art film My who retired as a Staff Analyst in 2004 from the same agency, Dinner With Andre. and Michael SeJan, who retired in 1990 as a Staff Analyst at Since you’re probably not a teenaged girl and therefore HRA We extend our condolences to the families and friends of Gossip Girl may have escaped your notice, the show is a soap our departed brothers and sister. opera/drama about teen angst. So gather your granddaughters, grandnieces and their friends and have a party at the appointed • • • • • time or fire up your vcr or dvr. You can brag about how you Sunshine Wishes know one of the cast members. OSARC extends best wishes to OSARC representative to Marilyn tells us that the series is filmed locally at the COMRO Jim McKeon, who recently underwent a significant Silvercup Studios in Queens and that she had great fun with the operation and is now in rehabilitation, and to Jane Kronholtz role. If you enjoy Marilyn's performance, and we're sure you We hope Jim and Jane enjoy speedy recoveries. will, contact the network with your positive feedback via e-mail. Who knows, this might turn into a recurring gig for

• • • • • Marilyn, and that would be a good thing.

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 2 You should replace your Exercise: The Magic Bullet sneakers at least once a year. If you Michelle Fenton, Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator at the are very active and pursue high impact West Side YMCA, joined us for our March OSARC meeting, activities, you may have to buy new delivering a well-crafted presentation on the value and sneakers every three months. OSARC importance of fitness for older adults. member Jean Anmuth seconded Ms. The Y is located at Central Fenton's choice of “New Balance” as Park West and 63rd Street. Ms. a brand recommended by her doctor. Fenton is an ISSA-certified fitness Start your exercise routine trainer, currently working on her slowly and ease into increments. master's degree in the field. She Walking is a great place to start. supervises other trainers and OSARCer Renee Bash, who organ- masseuses at the Y, in addition to ized the program and invited Ms. heading up youth sports and older Fenton, distributed handouts on New adults programs. The West Side Y York City Department for the Aging’s Winnifred Mayo-Pena runs specific sessions for older health promotion services including adults and also has craft courses “Big Apple Senior Strollers” walking clubs. Call (212) 442- that OSARCers might be interested 0954 for more information. The New York City Department of in. Parks and Recreation also has recreational and fitness centers We started with a “How Fit available at very low annual cost for older adults. You can visit Are You?” questionnaire which www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters for more in- provided a baseline assessment of formation on these facilities. West Side YMCA Healthy mobility and independence in the The benefits of exercise include increasing strength and Lifestyles Coordinator performance of daily tasks. As an Michelle Fenton bone density, improved balance and weight maintenance. You individual proceeds through an will begin to feel better about yourself and increase your exercise regime over a year, they should experience confidence. Ms. Fenton guided us through a series of exercises improvement in task performance and elevation of mood. that can be done in the home, many of which simulate the Ms. Fenton dispelled some common myths about exercise. movements of gym machines. You are never too old to exercise. She has clients that are over A few general rules for strength exercises are: have a wall 90 years old and still active. Exercise does not have to happen or chair handy if you need support; do not lock or hyperextend only in a gym. While you should aim for 30 minutes of activity your joints, and have a clear area with no clutter where you can five days a week, you can break that 30 minutes into three ten exercise. minute sessions in a day, if you don't have the stamina or the Ms. Fenton noted that an effective exercise program is time to do the full half hour at one time. composed of three parts – cardio, muscle and balance The first thing you need to do before beginning an exer- training. cise routine or ratcheting up an existing routine is to see your For seniors, balance training doctor to get the OK. As you speed past 40 years old, the may be the most important. The adages of “No pain, no gain” and “Feel the burn” no longer leading cause of injury for older apply. Listen to your body and proceed at a slow, steady pace. adults is falls. A person who falls If you are in pain, stop and seek advice. You need to find once is likely to fall again. Num- activities that you enjoy to help ensure that you will continue to erous falls can lead to fractures. do them and take pleasure in doing them. Do not make exercise Balance training can make you one more dreaded item on your "to-do" list, Ms. Fenton ob- steadier on your feet and reduce the served. likelihood of falls. Exercise can help those with diseases such as arthritis and Simple balance exercises in- high blood pressure. Even those who suffer from chronic clude standing on one leg, starting illnesses can benefit from exercise. with the raised leg slightly off the Make sure that you wear the proper attire. Wear loose, floor. Hold the position for ten comfortable clothing and good shoes that are able to absorb seconds. You can increase the time shock and give appropriate support. You can find stylish outfits you are holding one leg up and these days that will still allow you to be dressed appropriately. increase the distance you hold the Claus Reinisch Jeans are not for exercising, she noted. leg from the floor as you gain Ms. Fenton particularly recommends “New Balance” confidence. sneakers and suggests that the first time you buy, you visit one Another simple exercise involves placing mats on the floor of the brand’s own stores. There, she said, knowledgeable and practicing stepping on them and off them for balance salespeople will ask about your activities and measure your training. This can be done in a straight line or on the side. feet. Our feet lengthen and widen as we age, so it is important You do not have to go out and buy weights for strength to get the right fit. After you are sure you like the sneaker and training. You can use soup cans or water bottles. With water it serves your lifestyle, you can go to a discount store to bottles, you can control the amount of water you put in them, purchase future pairs at a reduced price. thereby creating an adjustable weight. Exercise balls can be

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 3 purchased for around $25 at sporting goods stores, come with associations/groups to which they belong to garner more pumps, can be deflated, and usually have instructional booklets signatures. OSARC co-chair Regina Berry observed that Social with sample exercises. Security is not an “entitlement.” Retirees have paid for these Ms. Fenton spoke of “core benefits throughout their working lives and now are getting training,” which involves increasing what is due. the strength of the muscles in your • • • • • mid-section, including your abdo- men, hip flexors and back muscles, Help Stop Pension Tier 5! Core training is both a strength Governor Paterson, largely at the exercise and a balance enhancer, a behest of Mayor Bloomberg, has been concept invented by Joseph Pilates floating the idea of a new, weakened in 1945 for soldiers injured in World pension tier 5 in Albany. Leading the War II. He designed the “reformer opposition has been State Senator machine” for patients confined to Diane Savino who, rightly, points out bed. These exercises have now been that the governor and mayor and the adapted to mat use. corporate/business interests they rep- There are many resources avail- resent are simply attempting to take able as you begin your exercise advantage of the present fiscal crisis to Michelle Fenton routine or modify it. If you go to a enact long term reductions in public gym or recreation center and have sector benefits. been inactive for a while, always start with a beginner's course. Sen. Savino has noted that there Some internet sites to help you in your quest are the will be absolutely no cost savings to National Institute on Aging (www.nihseniorhealth.gov), the the state or city for the first ten years Jeanne Gorbatcheff American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (www.aaos.org), of any reduced tier five benefit. Hopefully, the state and city the Westside YMCA (www.ymcanyc.org/westside – you can will no longer suffer from the same fiscal constraints a decade find a Y in your neighborhood at www.ymcanyc.org.), and from now. Therefore, there is no need to adopt a new pension AARP (www.aarp.org). Ms. Fenton suggested searching tier to help “solve the crisis.” “balance training for older adults” on www.google.com. She has been having notable success in convincing her Some gyms offer services tailored for older adults, such as fellow State Senators to vote against a new tier 5. However, six New York Sports Club's Silver Sneakers program. State Senators have indicated they are not yet on board and Finally, you can purchase Fitness Pass books for $75 from might vote for a new pension tier. the American Health and Fitness Alliance that are good for At the heart of the labor movement is a little concept called each calendar year and provide you with free visits to health solidarity. Therefore, we’re asking retirees, who have all and fitness clubs in the five boroughs. Go to www.health- enjoyed the existing pension tiers to help ensure that future fitness.org for the full scoop. – JoAnn Ambrogi members of our union do not face decreased, inferior pensions.

• • • • • If you live in the districts of any of these State Senators, please call or email their offices. Tell them you are a COMRO Report constituent and let them know that you are a city retiree and that you strongly oppose the creation of a fifth pension tier for Edna Riley, OSARC represen- future employees. Remind them that the creation of such a tier tative to COMRO (Council of will do nothing to solve our present fiscal problems and that Municipal Retiree Organizations) reducing the benefits of public sector workers is not the answer. presented a petition, ready for signa- It will make public service less attractive to prospective ture, which called upon President employees. Civil servants did not create our fiscal meltdown Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy and should not be asked to bear the brunt of its correction. Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Here are the six to contact– Harry Reid to forestall any decrease in Social Security and/or Medicare • Sen. Daniel Squadron (lower Manhattan below Houston benefits. The petition seeks the Street on the west side plus the lower east side below 14th protection of Social Security from Street, and Brooklyn Heights) [email protected] efforts to privatize it and seeks the 250 Broadway, Suite 2011, New York, New York amendment (or repeal) of the Medi- 10007-2356 Tel: 212-298-5565, Fax: 212-298-5574 care Modernization Act of 2003 • Sen. Eric Schneiderman (the west side of Manhattan Edna Riley including the following steps: including Inwood and Washington Heights; Riverdale) negotiation of drug prices by the [email protected] n 80 Bennett Avenue, Ground government, permission to re-import safe drugs, elimination of Floor New York, NY 10033 Tel: (212) 928-5578 Fax: the infamous “donut hole,” repeal of means testing for (212) 928-0396 Medicare Part B, and the elimination of subsidies for Medicare • Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (Sunset Park, Boerum Hill, Advantage plans. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill in Brooklyn) Extra copies were available for members to bring to other [email protected] 30 Third Avenue, Room

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 4 1100, 11th Fl. Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tel: (718) 643-6140 choices of hot beverages, including Fax: (718) 237-4137 “Grand Moka,” which is café au lait • Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson (North Bronx, Westchester) with valrhona chocolate. [email protected] 959 E.233rd Street, Bronx, NY Ponty’s staff is very friendly. Chef 10466 Tel: (718) 547-8854 Fax: (718) 515-2718 Cisse is in constant attendance and you • Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer (Westchester, White Plains, can see him performing his “magic” in including Ossining, Rye, New Rochelle, Scarsdale) the glass-enclosed kitchen at the back. [email protected] 222 Grace Church St., 3rd The restaurant gets high marks for Floor, Port Chester, NY 10573, Tel: (914) 934-5250, Fax: cleanliness and a crisp décor. For more (914) 934-5256 information, visit www.pontybistro.com • Sen. David Valesky (Syracuse area) or call (212) 777-1616. [email protected] 805 State Office Building 333 We toasted Sid, who loved good East Washington Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, company, good food and good convers- Phone: (315) 478-8745, Fax: (315) 474-3804 ation, one last time and went out to face Waguih Sabongui

• • • • • the day, a little tipsy and well satisfied with the marvelous food and the dining experience. – JoAnn Ambrogi • • • • • JoAnn’s Restaurant Review: Ponty Bistro Café Recently, fellow OSARCian Antoinette Matijevich and I Welcome Aboard, MEBA Retirees hosted a “celebration of life” luncheon for former HRA In the case of some of the newest members of our union’s Associate Staff Analyst Irma Grossman and her husband, welfare fund, the headline above is literally apt. These retirees Michael Schlesinger, music producer par excellence. This were employed as marine engineers and related titles working luncheon honored Sid Grossman, who left us after four score, for the city’s Department of Transportation on the ferryboats ten and a bit more. Peace be with Sid, a caring, kind gentleman and for the Fire Department on the fireboats. As of April 1, of the old school. these members of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association We gathered at Ponty Bistro at 218 Third Avenue, between are part of the OSA Welfare Fund. We extend a warm welcome 18th and 19th Streets, a mere stone's throw from the union rd to all of them and invite them to join us at our monthly headquarters on East 23 Street. Opened in the fall of 2008, meetings. And, we urge them to get a group together and join Ponty features Chef Cisse at the helm. Cisse worked under such us at our June luncheon at SPQR – see the sign up form for the cuisine “etoiles” as Boulud and Jean-Georges. He brings fifteen June luncheon enclosed with this Newsletter. years of experience as a chef to the new establishment. The cuisine is described as French, African and Medi- • • • • • terranean. Emphasis is placed on dishes made with ingredients from local, organic farms and under “green” guidelines. Open Welcome, New OSA Retirees seven days a week, Ponty serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, If you’re a recent OSA retiree, we with Happy Hour after 11pm for want to take a moment to say hello. night owls. They have their liquor We hope you’ll join OSARC, if you license and make special cocktails. haven’t already done so. And, we hope A three course luncheon special to see you at our upcoming meetings is available for $19 with drinks and and, certainly, at the end-of-year coffee additional and a three course luncheon at SPQR in Little Italy on dinner special for $25. The day of June 10, 2009. The annual luncheon is our delicious feast, we dined on a chance to catch up with your fellow “Soup de Calabash,” a butternut retirees, reconnect with former col- squash soup with a coconut milk leagues and make new friends. A flyer base and Thai chicken spring rolls for the luncheon is enclosed with this with dipping sauces. A salad issue of the Newsletter. Mary Taylor completed the first course choices. • • • • • We purchased an extra appetizer of “Moules Africana” (that's mussels, Officers Needed folks) served in the shell with a Pauline Feingold fragrant broth replete with African With this issue of the Newsletter is a nominations form for spices and lemon grass. A side of pommes frites and plenty of OSARC officers for the 2009-10 club year. bread for dipping accompanied the dish. If you’d like to help your club run well, or you know Main course choices included grilled hanger steak with someone else who would, please submit your nominations prior “pommes maison” (home fries), which was tender and to the end of April. Nominations close at the May meeting. We flavorful, stuffed flounder with crab meat on a bed of roasted are especially looking for a secretary. If you’d like more potatoes and baby bok choy, which hit the spot, as well as a information on what is entailed, please contact co-chair Regina chicken and a pasta dish. All servings were generous. Berry at 212-807-9488 or Fred Ranzoni at 718-965-3129. Dessert was tiramisu, homemade by Chef Cisse. There are

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 5 Michael Spector: Staying Active, Thinking Green by Gail Weiss Like many OSARC members, Mike Spector saw his found in the diplomatic arena. Perhaps the delegates in Geneva retirement from city service in 2002 as a beginning rather than [who were attempting to hammer out a nuclear arms pact] have an ending. He immediately became a volunteer organizer for something to learn from the young athletes who met at Palo OSA, arranging union chapter meetings, distributing literature, Alto." and even serving pizza to attending OSA members. After leaving the Times, Mike worked as an editorial A longtime political activist, he ran for mayor of assistant for several trade magazines, including Corset & Parsippany, New Jersey on the Green Party ticket in 2005 and, Brassiere and Greeting Card, before putting his career on hold in 2007, was a Green Party candidate for the New Jersey State and heading for Europe. He spent a year hitchhiking, riding on Assembly. Neither candidacy was successful, but both times a tent-bearing bus (which took him and other travelers from Mike vigorously aired his anti-Iraq war views, and pushed for one campground to another), and seeing much of Sweden, property tax reform, support of locally owned businesses, and Norway, Denmark, Austria, France, Italy, Germany (East and environmental protection initiatives. West), the Soviet Union, and other countries. Periodically, he Mike's pre-city-worker life was both would hop over to England to replenish his varied and eventful. coffers by doing temporary jobs. Soon after he graduated from Hofstra In 1968, Mike was back in the United University in 1961, he hitchhiked to States and working as a caseworker in Mississippi to participate in the freedom Brooklyn. There, during his first day on the rides. Organized by the Congress of Racial job, he met Wendy Stevenson. They were Equality (CORE), freedom rides were a married in February 1969. Now the parents lynchpin of the emerging civil rights of three, they recently celebrated their 40th movement. Black and white riders traveled wedding anniversary. Professionally, how- to Atlanta and other cities in the Deep South ever, they went their separate ways long to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynt- ago. on v. Virginia (1960), which had declared Wendy earned a masters degree in segregation in interstate bus and rail stations divinity studies from Drew University, and unconstitutional. Several freedom riders is now a hospice and hospital chaplain. endured beatings and other threats to life After working for NY City as a housing and limb, but Mike says he hedged his bets assistant and then a continuity writer for by bringing along a 6'11" traveling radio station WNYC, Mike became a staff companion. analyst and then an associate staff analyst at Later in the 1960's, as the war in Vietn- the Human Resources Administration. On am heated up, Mike did a stint in the Army September, 11, 2001, he was stationed at Reserve, primarily as a way to avoid the HRA’s 250 Church St. location and had just draft and keep his distance from Vietnam. emerged from the PATH train station at the True to his convictions, however, he helped World Trade Center after the first plane hit. organize a group called Veterans and Mike Spector “The area was filled with smoke and people Reservists to End the War in Vietnam, and were running from the building, losing their he was on the front lines of several anti-war demonstrations. shoes,” he recalls. After he retired, he wrote about the attack An English and journalism major during his Hofstra years, for this Newsletter, noting presciently that reconstruction of Mike entered the working world as a copyboy for the New the Ground Zero area would take at least ten years. York Times. Unlike most copyboys, though, he did some According to Mike, his decision to retire in 2002 was writing for the paper. His first piece, a Times Topics column motivated by two factors: 1) His irritation that increasing published in March 1962, was about Antonio Lopez Santa numbers of people were using cell phones on trains, something Anna, the Mexican general best known for leading the charge that he still considers “An invasion of my privacy and the that wiped out the defenders of the Alamo in 1836. “For nearly privacy of others”; and 2) a tempting buyout package that the thirty-five years, he held the center of Mexico's political city offered and he accepted. stage,” Mike wrote, “and for that period Mexico was not to In fact, Mike has yet to purchase a mobile phone, but was know one moment of true peace.” glad to find one on 9/11 to inform his family that he was okay. In an editorial he wrote in July 1962, Mike used a United He hasn't eschewed all electronic communication, however: States-Soviet Union track meet in California as an object he's computer literate, and happy to correspond via e-mail. lesson in Cold War diplomacy. Here's an excerpt: “While the Recently, he sent a letter to the Morris County, NJ-based Daily events were exciting and two world records were broken, the Record excoriating Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) for most dramatic event took place at the conclusion of the meet voting against the federal spending package. when athletes from both countries walked arm in arm around Still a devout union man, Mike laments the fact that the the stadium to the accompaniment of their national anthems labor movement has been struggling in recent years, and he and a tremendous ovation from the large audience. The teams hopes that, with a new administration in Washington, unions apparently met in a true spirit of brotherhood, too seldom will regain some of their lost strength.

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 6 featuring 25 men and one woman), Wilson Pickett, Otis Dispatches From The Cultural Front Redding, and Aretha Franklin. Sallie Stroman, OSARC's cultural • The 1970's: B.B. King, the Delfonics, and the rhythm and connoisseur, provides updates on three, blues group, the O'Jays. In September 1971, John Lennon very diverse exhibits and venues this and Yoko Ono performed at a benefit concert to aid the month: families of prisoners shot during the uprising at Attica State Prison earlier that month. Apollo Celebrates 75 Years The Apollo was converted into a movie theater in the Since its founding in 1934, the mid-1970's. It became a live performance venue again in the Apollo Theater on West 125th Street has 1980's when it was purchased by Inner City Broadcasting, a seen a parade of stars, from Billie private firm owned by former Manhattan borough president Holliday and Lena Horne to Sam Cooke, Percy Sutton. The theater was granted landmark status and the Jackson Five, James Brown, Bill reopened in 1985. Sallie Stroman Cosby, Mariah Carey, and Lauryn Hill. During the 1990's, Tony Bennett performed in a sold-out This year, the fabled theater's 75th concert honoring Billie Holiday. anniversary is being celebrated with lectures, concerts, the Harlem Song, written and directed by George C. Wolfe opening of a national tour of Dreamgirls (the musical about the (who also was responsible for the Broadway shows Bring in rise of a Supremes-like singing group), and free open houses Da' Noise/Bring in Da' Funk and Jelly's Last Jam), played at during the early and late months of 2009. st the Apollo from July through December 2002. The historical On March 1 , I attended the last winter open house. We saw revue used song, dance, a film about the many stars who launched and furthered their dialogue, and multimedia to careers at the Apollo. Billy Mitchell, the Apollo's resident celebrate the famous historian and tour director, talked about the history of the neighborhood. theater. Recently, the Apollo was The four-story building, which was erected in 1914 and extensively renovated. It now designed by the architect George Keister, was originally has 1,500 new seats, a new operated by burlesque producers Jules Hurtig and Harry façade, and a light-emitting Seamon and called Hurtig and Seamon's New Burlesque diode (LED) marquee. Theater. Despite its location in the heart of Harlem, which was During our tour we saw the fast becoming the largest urban black community in the United “Tree of Hope.” This tree States, the theater was restricted to white audiences and (actually, it's now a tree stump entertainers. that stands on the Apollo's In the early 1930's, with the decline of burlesque (thanks, in stage), stood in front of the part, to an anti-burlesque initiative spearheaded by Mayor Lafayette Theater during the Fiorello LaGuardia), the Apollo underwent several ownership 1920's. Performers hoping to changes. Noted owners during this period included Bill Minsky find work would rub it for luck. and Sidney S. Cohen. The Apollo is located at Renamed the Apollo, the building was opened to African- 253 West 125 Street. Tours are Americans for the first time in January 1934. That same year, conducted every Monday, The Apollo Theater the Apollo began presenting musical revues, as well as an Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 11 am and 1 and 3pm; and increasingly popular Wednesday-night talent competition called Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 1 pm. Admission is $16 Amateur Night at the Apollo. weekdays and $18 on weekends. Free weekend events resume The brainchild of radio personality Ralph Cooper, Amateur in October. Night (which became the model for most talent contests, Placing Avery including American Idol) was a career-starter for numerous performers. One of the first winners, on November 21, 1934, From now until May 1, the USB Art Gallery in Manhattan was then 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald. Among the other is offering a new perspective on the career of American artist performers to grace the Apollo's stage: Milton Avery (1885-1985). Placing Avery, which features paintings and prints from the collection of the Neuberger • The 1930's: Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jackie “Moms” Museum of Art (located at the State University of New York's Mabley, tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas (better Purchase campus), showcases some 30 examples of Avery's known as the Nicholas Brothers), and Bill “Bojangles” . Robinson. The exhibition also features works by Avery's colleagues • The 1940's: Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington, Sammy , Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Adolph Davis Jr., Sarah Vaughn, and Ruth Brown. Gottlieb, as well as works by artists influential to Avery, • The 1950's: Tito Puente, the Mambo Aces, Miles Davis, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Henri Matisse. and John Coltrane. As an art student in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1911, Avery • The 1960's: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jimi Hendrix, the Jewel Box Revue (a company of female impersonators,

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 7 Mackie, M.C. Hammer, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (from television’s I Love Lucy), and Diana Ross. Unfortunately, the exhibit ended on March 17th, but you can still see (at least for now) Barbie in many guises–from a hos- pital candy striper to the character played by Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds–on the web at www. focusonstyle.com/blog/2009/03/barbies-birthday-photo- extravanganza.

• • • • • NYCARA Report At the New York City Alliance for Retired Americans' (NYCARA) monthly meeting, held on March 25, a recurring theme was the need to block legislators' efforts to close budget gaps via union givebacks and taxing Milton Avery: Still Life With Derby (1944) health benefits workers receive from their employers. studied the work of American impressionists and tonalists, NYCARA chairperson Stuart adapting their techniques and compositional methods, including Leibowitz opened the meeting by fluid brush strokes and chromatic tension. In addition to characterizing calls for Social Bill Douglas Rothko, Hartley, Marin, and Gottlieb, he befriended and built Security reform as thinly disguised professional relationships with Karl Knaths, Byron Browne, efforts to reduce benefits to seniors, many of whom have no Barnett Newman, and William Baziotes. other source of income. Social Security isn't broken, he added, During the early years of Avery's career, Sally Michael, his so there's no need to fix it. The program makes a healthy profit longtime love and a professional illustrator, supported him and will continue to do so until at least the middle of this financially and championed his work. Their daughter March, century. What is in trouble, Leibowitz acknowledged, is born in 1932, was the subject of many of Avery's paintings; his Medicare. Unlike Social Security, works show her reading, sketching, entertaining friends, and Medicare's financial outlook has turned inward in reverie. The portrait March with Green Hat deteriorated dramatically with rising (1948) is featured in this exhibition. medical costs and the addition of a During his 53-year-long career, Avery endured many years prescription drug benefit in 2003. of economic hardship, all the while hoping that his art would Turning to local issues, Leibowitz strike a universal chord and inspire optimism in others. The talked about New York governor exhibition features watercolors, oil paintings, etchings, and David Paterson's announcement that lithographs, and explores the transition from representational art the state would lay off some 9,000 to abstract expressionism. employees because unions would not The gallery is located in the agree to cost-cutting contract changes. USB Building at 1285 Avenue “During the last fiscal crisis, 30 years of the Americas (between 51st ago, elected officials worked with and 52nd Streets) on the ground unions to restore solvency,” Leibowitz floor of the building. Exhibition said. “This time around, legislators are hours are Monday through acting like unions are the enemy. Friday, 8am to 6pm. Admission Albany is dysfunctional, and we're the Kirsten Telemaque is free. ones who are expected to pay.” In illustrating how middle-income workers are expected to Barbies, Barbies pay more than their fair share, several speakers focused on and More Barbies recent initiatives to tax health benefits. Under current law, employers may take tax deductions for health benefits they In celebration of that iconic th provide to their workers, but none if it is counted as taxable American doll Barbie's 50 income for the employees. Taxing workers, NYCARA co- birthday, Bloomingdales, on chairperson George Altomare noted, could result in some Lexington Avenue and 59th individuals giving up some or all of their health benefits. Street, had 120 “celebrity” Leibowitz said, “We have an obligation to dissuade elected Barbie dolls on display. Among officials from cutting benefits, because we simply cannot afford my favorites were Barbies This Barbie’s for The Birds- one of hundreds of dolls on it. Retirees, especially, have to be very assertive in protecting dressed in outfits that evoked display at Bloomingdales to the benefits they worked so hard to achieve.” – Gail Weiss Cher, the fashion designer Bob celebrate Barbie’s 50th.

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 8 OSARC In May: The Check Is In The Mail In April, Medicare-eligible OSA retirees will be receiving The 2009 Elections, According to the Experts lump sum checks from the OSA Welfare Fund for partial Hank Sheinkopf, an often-quoted political, public affairs reimbursement of drug rider premiums paid in 2008. The and governmental relations consultant who has roots in the payments will reimburse up to $50 per month for Medicare- labor movement, will discuss this fall's municipal elections with eligible retirees and their covered spouse or domestic partner. OSARC members at the May 13 meeting. This is an opportunity If you are eligible to receive a drug rider reimbursement and to hear an analysis of the upcoming election from a you do not receive it by the end of April, please contact Vojna professional with 30 years electoral experience who will be Stanic-Geraghty at the union office at 212-686-1229. playing a role in how the November elections turn out. For 2009, most Medicare-eli- As this issue of the Newsletter went to press, we are trying gibles paying for a drug rider will no to confirm the participation of a second speaker, one of the NY longer have to submit proof of drug City Central Labor Council's legislative consultants. rider payments. Starting in January Sheinkopf was legislative director for Teamsters Local 237 of 2009, Medicare-eligibles on GHI and now consults with the DC 37 Retirees Association. He has enrolled in a drug rider have had worked on political campaigns and issue campaigns on four their pension deduction for the drug continents and in ten foreign nations, in addition to over six rider premium reduced by $50/month hundred domestic campaigns in forty-six American states. for themselves and $50/month for Sheinkopf was a member of President Clinton's re-election their covered spouse or domestic media team (1995-1996). He has been a strategic advisor to partner. OSA is paying the drug rider scores of campaigns at every level in New York, including reimbursement of $600/year/person campaigns for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Comptroller directly to the City's Health Benefits William C. Thompson, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and Program. Bronx DA Robert Johnson. Medicare-eligibles in any health He has been involved in electing nearly half of the New plan other than GHI will still see the Nilsa Mangual Rios York City congressional delegation. This year, he has two full pension deduction for the drug horses in city-wide races – Mayor Bloomberg and City Council rider this year. In early 2010, the Welfare Fund will member David Weprin, who is running for the Democratic automatically send these non-GHI Medicare-eligibles a lump nomination for Comptroller. – Bob Pfefferman sum check of up to $600/year per person. They will no longer

• • • • • have to submit proof of enrollment. The one exception – if you are Medicare-eligible and on a family plan, you will still have to submit proof of coverage. We recommend you call Vojna to ARA Sets Legislative Conference For June 15-18 clarify what she will need to process your reimbursement. The Alliance for Retired Americans, the AFL-CIO- • • • • • affiliated advocacy group for retirees has announced its annual legislative conference will be held this year from June 15-18 in Washington DC at the Hilton Washington and Towers. The Employee Free Choice Act Suffers Senate Setback conference features seminars, training sessions and workshops One of the central legislative objectives of the labor on issues of retiree concern, as well as a day of lobbying with movement suffered a serious setback in late March when one-on-one meetings with legislators. The focus of this year’s Republican Senator Arlen Specter announced he conference is working with the new Congress and the new would not vote for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in administration on retiree priorities. The deadline for registration this session of the Congress. Specter had previously voted in at the “early bird” rate of $80 is May 1, 2009. After that date 2007 in favor of a procedural move that would have advanced registration is $95. To obtain a registration form, call 1-888- the bill to a vote by the full Senate. That effort fell one vote 373-6497 or email [email protected]. short of the 60 needed. There was speculation that Specter’s opposition came because he will face a tough primary fight in 2010 against a more conservative opponent. EFCA would make it easier for workers to form unions by placing the choice in the hands of the workers as to whether a move to form a union happens by vote or by signature of a majority of workers on union designation cards. Under current law the employer can force an election even if the workers elect to support the union via “card check.” The bill would also increase penalties for the sort of violations companies typically engage in during organizing drives and first contract fights. Recognizing the importance of the legislation, the business community has been gearing up since the fall election to mount a campaign to scuttle it. It’s unclear whether Specter’s move ends any chance for the bill’s passage in the current session. Edna Riley and Gilberte Ambroise

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 9 Health Benefit Taxation Under Consideration Hunting for Work? In a move that has drawn extensive criticism from The financial meltdown has led organized labor, the Obama administration indicated in mid- more older adults to consider re-entry March that it is willing to consider the into the workforce. Ten years ago 12% idea of taxing employee health benefits. of those 65 and older were in the labor Under current law, workers and retirees force. Last year, the number had provided health benefits by their grown to 17.3%. A number of bills employers and former employers are not have been introduced in Congress that taxed on those benefits by income or would provide employer tax incentives payroll taxes. for those hiring older workers. In the According to an article in the New meantime, if you are dipping your toe York Times, “in television advertise- into the employment pool, experts tell ments last fall, Mr. Obama criticized his older job-seekers: try to connect with Fred Ranzoni Republican rival for the presidency, the interviewer, emphasize your capacities rather than the Senator John McCain of Arizona, for length of your experience, gain basic computer skills and proposing to tax all employer-provided demonstrate technological competency, avoid the placement of health benefits...Now that Mr. Obama graduation dates on resumes, practice for interviews by Mary Hillman has begun the health debate, several planning answers to questions such as “do you believe you are advisers say that while he will not propose changing the tax-free overqualified for this job?,” seek age-friendly employers, and status of employee health benefits, neither will he oppose it if use networking tools such as www.linkedin.com. Congress does so.” • • • • • The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive Washington policy group, noted among many drawbacks to benefit taxation, “when large groups of workers and their families sign-up for Single Payer Advocates Force Their Way In health insurance through employers, “risk pools” are formed. In early March, the Obama administration scheduled a The key to these risk pools is that people are not grouped summit on health care reform. Invitations were extended to 120 according to their health, creating a viable and stable insurance guests, among them lobbyists for a variety of interest groups, pool. Taxing health insurance benefits would encourage the including the private for-profit insurance industry. Notably young and healthy to opt out of these pools; upon their exit, absent were advocates for “Medicare-For-All” single payer premiums would likely rise for those remaining.” health care, which would replace the myriad private insurance According to the AFL-CIO-affiliated Alliance for Retired plans with a single payer–the government–as in Medicare. Americans, “eliminating ‘employer ex- The furor was immediate, with grass roots advocates clusion’ would represent a tax increase threatening to demonstrate outside the White House gates. As for working families and retirees with a result, Rep. John Conyers, who has introduced HR676, which employer provided insurance, and many would provide enhanced Medicare for all, was invited at the last policy analysts believe that this proposal minute, along with Dr. Oliver Fein of single-payer advocacy would hurt efforts to expand access to group Physicians for a National Health Program. quality affordable health care for all In a report from the summit, Fein noted that “the summit Americans. The proposal would also was carefully choreographed.” He adds that Obama “avoided undermine health coverage by causing most of the truly contentious issues, such as an individual employers to discontinue the higher cost mandate to carry health insurance either for children and/or employee and retiree health care plans, adults; an employer mandate to pay for coverage; a public plan disrupting health insurance for those to compete with the private plans...or permitting Medicare to who have coverage they like.” negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for drug prices.” In the meantime, a new group coalesced in early January • • • • • Madeline Taylor to fight for Medicare for All. Labor for Single-Payer Healthcare drew 150 delegates from 31 states to a national meeting to map When to Start Collecting Social Security out a strategy for pushing single-payer in the Congress and The Social Security Administration has updated its website nationally. Thus far some 39 state AFL-CIO federations, 100 with a wealth of new information and tools. Among the latest central labor councils and more than 400 local unions, additions is an audio podcast entitled “Deciding When to Start including OSA, have endorsed the concept. (Both the AFL-CIO Receiving Retirement Benefits.” The presentation outlines and the Change to Win labor federations have endorsed “some of the things you need to consider before making one of compromise plans.) the most important decisions of your life.” The podcast is According to Rose Ann DeMoro of the California Nurses available at www.socialsecurity.gov/podcasts. Another tool on Association, “single payer is the only reform in heatlh care that the site is the Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/ has a constituency. We have to light the fire that builds the estimator. The estimator allows you to play out various movement to get single payer.” For more information, visit, scenarios, altering variables. If you haven’t started drawing www.pnhp.org and www.laborforsinglepayer.org. Social Security, this may help you decide when you should.

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 10 Happy Birthday to OSA Retirees Born in April! Gerardo Afable, Anthony Aguiar, Susan Allison, Joseph Alvarez, Florence Appelstein, James Arangio, Martin Bachner, Jewel Bachrach, Roger Bachrach, Robert Backes, Gwendolyn Barnes, Beatrice Barr, Ruth Bell, Aquila Blyden, Benedict Bonino, James Breininger, Thomas Breslin, Irving Brickman, Everett Lawrence Brogdon, Priscilla Budden, Joseph Buster, Eugenia Carrington, Belinda Carroll, Stephen Clifton, Linda Coleman, Peter Costa, Henrietta Council, Charles Covella, Joseph Cruz, Emilio Cruz, Mary Ann D'ulisse, Vera DeGazon, Rose Del Gaudio, Ralph DeMattia, Clive DePass, Karamoko Diabi, Philip Dinanzio, Jr, Jack Dobrow, Steven Dubin, Walter Dugan, Dorothy Louise Dye, Donald Eichin, Gloria Erardy, Frank Farkas, Pauline Feingold, Mildred Feinstein, Richard Fink, Kenneth Finnerty, Vivian Fletcher, Carmen Flores, Gerald Flynn, Judy Flynn, Karen Frederick, Lorraine Gewirtz, Mildred Gil, Edward Gilligan, Pedro Gonzalez, Julius Gorin, Donald Greco, Henrietta Haffenden-Myles, Brenda Hamilton, Annette Heim, Ben Heller, Jacquelyn Henderson, Michael Hnatowicz, Andrew Hollander, Jacqueline Holmes-Boyd, Lena Holt, Marion House, Clark Hudson, Janice James, Susan Jessen, Gloria Jimenez, Amy Kahn, Lorraine Kelly, Margaret Kelly, Daniel Kerbawy, Arnold Kingston, Roberta Kolin, Lawrence Lamanna, Jeannette Lee, Lillie Lockhart, Emil Loreaux, Mary Ludvigsen, Theresa Mancuso, Beverly Mandel., John Maniscalco, Peter Mastropolo, Carolyn McCray, Thomas McGann, James Meyer, Joseph Mickens, Paula Miller, Richard Mitchell, John Mobyed, Barbara Mont, Felice Morris, Hope Morris, Kathleen Neary-Burns, Robert Noble, John O'Brien, Andrew Omo-Abu, Jeronimo Paredes, Richard Pearlmutter, Helen Peets-Phillip, Julia Quagliano-Lynn, Bernard Quinlan, Isidore Resnick, Reinert Roaldsen, Horace Robinson, Jane Robinson, Gloria Rosenzweig, Lorraine Russo, Therese Sbano, Michael Schady, Jack Schulstein, Annie Selvyn, Janice Shaheen, Deborah Sherol, Jenny Siff, Aristotle Simpri, Sharon Snell, Stanley Spector, William Spong, Edmund Squire, Joseph Stark, Fred Steinberg, Cele Stolzenberg, Brenda Stoute, David Sussman, Ruben Sutton, Edward B. Tennant, Gilda Thomas, Irene Toler, Barbara Toussant, Pedro Velazquez, Florence Wagener, Victoria Washington, Wendy Weekes-Jones, James Welby, Peter Wood, Noel Worrell, Alice Yap, Joseph Zaccone, and Leoila Zeigler. „„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„ ACTIVE OSARC MEMBERS [Continued from page 12] Wendell Mason Melba Neely Julia Quagliano-Lynn Linda Schwartz Lorraine Toto Shirley Mason Annie Newell Catherine Quere Peter Schweitzer Luzviminda A Tuazon Dorothy Mason Erwin F Nied Michael Quinn Mary Seabrooks Michael Tuccio Jeffrey Massey Anita Nilsen (Shleifstein) Miriam Quintero Thomas Seelye Bernard Tuchman Denis Massey Elizabeth Nobile Harris Rachlin Tarlochan S Sehmi James Tumia Peter Mastropolo Robert Noble Nilda Ramirez John Sellers Elaine Turkel Eric Matusewitch Kathryn Nocerino Frederick Ranzoni Myra Seltzer Josephine Valentin Constance G Maxey Theresa Norris Ambati Rao Ida Sessa Marjorie A Valleau Letitia Maxwell Iris M. Nowes-Hecht Sharon Rashada Hedvah Shuchman Roberta Van Laven Morris Mayo Procesion Obra Patricia Rashkin Elaine Silver Cheryl Y Vaughn Winnifred Mayo-Pena Stephen M O'Brien Edward Rasquin Sheila Silver Annie Vento John Mazzarella David O'Brien Diana Recor Ann B Silver Edelmira Ventura Weltha McCant Josephine O'Connell Thomas Reed Dorothy Siminski Doreen Vialet Carolyn J. McCray Catherine O'Connell Marylin Reed-Borquaye Ruth Simmons Sarah R. Vilar Kathleen McDonough Thomas Ogden Peter Reese Ina Sinclair Michael J. Vincent John J. McElroy Sheldon Oliff Joseph Reeves Milton Sirota Ana T. Vives Thomas McEnery Sadye Olivieri Theodore Reich Edward Sisenwein Nona Volk Mary Katherine McEwen Patricia Ollison Charles A. Reiche Othello Skeete Florence Wagener Joyce McFarlane Murray Olson Jeanette Reid Robert Sklar Vida Wagner Thomas McGann Andrew K Omo-Abu Deborah L. Reid Catherine Slade Christine Walcott Stephen McGarry Henry Opad Claus Reinisch Edward Smith Jay Walia Jannie M. McGill Daniel Orlando Fred Reinowitz Elaine Smith Perry Walker John Dennis McGreen Haydee Ortiz Ruth Reiser Karen A Smith Michael Walsh Charles McHugh John Ost Dolores Rice Saundra Smith Richard W. Walters James McKeon Nancy Paganucci Jeannette Richardson Thomas Smith Joy M. Walton Kathie Mclain Amorita Pakilit Jeffrey Rickin Sharon S Snell Yih-Lu Charlie Wang Velma McLaughlin John Pape Shirley Ricks Gaye Snyder-Inkeles Maggie Ward Amelia McNeil JEFFERSON James Pappalardo Edna Riley Stewart Solomon Joseph Warfield James J McQuade Larry Pappert Gwendolyn Riley-Roberts Michael Spector Victoria Washington Bruce Mednick Jeronimo Paredes Stacey Rindler Stanley Spector Barbara Washington-Griles Ronald Meekins Olivia Parker Raymond Riordan Christine Spencer Herbert Wasserman David Mei Carolyn Parker Rudolph K. Ripp Joseph Sperling Frances Watson Neil Mendelsohn Eugene Parker Iraida Rivera Charlotte Spiegel Jacquelyn Watson Runie Mensche Lucille Parris Horace Robinson William H. Spong Charles Waxman Margarita Mercado Melvin Pascoo Jane Robinson Nikki B. Springer Joanne Webb Samuel Merson Bertdella Patterson Gilbert Rodriguez Janette Springle Albert Webster Jr. Michael Meyer Carol Ann Payne Ophelia Rodriguez Adrianne Staley Donald Weinberg James Meyer Anita O. Payne John F Rohde Louis C. Starkey Olga R. Weiss Carol Michaels Elba Pelaez Richard Ronde Roschel Holland Stearns Rose Weiss-Fischler Joseph Mickens Richard Pellecchia Allan H Rose Darryl Steckler James Welby John Milat Ralph Sr. Pellizzi John Rose Fred Steinberg Candice Wellman Joseph F Miller Delores A.W. Peloso Barry Rosenberg Linda Steinhart David Welsh Natalie Millner Anthony Penel Lewis Rosenblatt Betty Stewart Erich Werner Ruth Mingoia Eileen Pentel Philip Roth Cele Stolzenberg Shirley Wertheimer Alice Mitchell Jack F. Perin Lloyd Rotker Trumilla Stone Joyce White Geraldine Mitchell-Jones Millicent Perry Miriam Rubman Jo Ann Stone Alyce White Michael J Molinari Sara D. B. Perry Anna Rudbarg James Story Grace White Ralph Mondella Diane Peskin Ed Ruettiger Phyllis Stothers Shirley A. Wiggins Barbara Mont Robert Pfefferman Nancy Russell Sallie Stroman Charles T. Wilbert Charles Montalbano William Pfister Lorraine Russo Penelope Stubbs Hazel Williams Barbara Montgomery Mary Ellen Phifer Linda Ryan Chun-Hwai Su Yvonne C Williams Helen D Moody Theodore Phillips Waguih Sabongui Frances Suddreth-Hart Herbert Williams Cordelia Moore Susan Piccirillo Robert Sacharski Margaret Suite Laraine Williams Daniel Morgan James Pickens Joyce Saffir John Sullivan Margaret Williams Annie Morgan Jack Pilchman Cheryl Samuels Mortimer Sullivan Isza Williams-Darlington Perla Morris John Pinto Helen Samuels David Sussman Aaron Wilner Hope Morris Manuel Pires Gerald Sanchez Elaine Suva-Bongiovi Ronald T. Wilson Felice Morris Peter Piroso Joseph Sanchez Michael P. Swann Bettye Wilson Donna Mulgrave Arlene Pitt Ana Sanchez Thomas V. Tallarico Diana M. Wilson Susan Mullgrav Lee Pleva Sylvia Sands Alfredo L. Tan Kay Wilson Anita Mullin Vincent R. Polimeni Anahid A. Sarkissian Tuly Tanenbaum Marva Wilson Garnes Margaret Munnelly Phyllis Pomerantz Ora Savoy Madeline Taylor Bassanio Wong Patricianne Murnane Pauline Pon Marc Sawyer Mary D Taylor Spencer Wong Alfred Murphy William Pope Sheila Sawyer Jean Taylor Peter Wood Michael Murphy Peter A. Prestia Therese Sbano Marian Taylor Jessica Woodcock J.J. Murphy Joan B Preston Michael Schady Kirsten Telemaque Geraldine A. Wooden Joseph Murphy Helene Price David Schapiro Edward B. Tennant Chester Wooten Mary H Murphy Evelyn Marie Pridgen Minna Scharff Stuart Tepper Noel Worrell Irene Murray John Prior Joseph Schatz Hattie Thomas Peggy Wright Elizabeth A Myers Carl Prisco John Schild Elizabeth Thomas Simeon Wright Leslie P. Myers Martin Prokup Elaine Schirmer Cindy K Thomas Benjamin Wright, Jr. John F Nash Lon Protzel Larry Schonfeld Willie Mae Timothy Alice Yap Madeline Nazario Milton Pulakos Linda Schwab Nicholas Titakis Leoila Zeigler Gabriel Neama Risa Puld Barbara J. Schwartz Joel Tolchinsky Margie Zinzi Kathleen Neary-Burns Morton Pupko Ina Schwartz John M. Toman Phyllis Zito

OSARC Newsletter • April 2009 • Page 11 ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF STAFF ANALYSTS’ RETIREES CLUB Dena C Abrams Carol Brown Chiquita Denny Marjorie Gordon Wilhelmena Jones Gerardo V Afable Gloria Brown Cynthia DePalma Bernice Gordon Brenda Jordan Prakash Ailawadi Jean Dertinger Brown John DePrima Minette Gorelik Emma Jordan Michaela C Albanese Richard Brown Constance Desanti Tom Gorse Eileen V Jordan Frederick Alexander Diane Brown Theodore DeSantis Sheila Gorsky Karol Joswick Tristan Allas Angella Brown Sybil DeVeaux Eli Gottlieb Amy Kahn Alice Allen Herbert Brown Mary Diaz Sybil Gowdy Melvin Kalmanowitz Leslie Allen Shirley Brugman Richard W. DiBari Titasha Graddick Herschel Kaminsky Joseph Alvarez James Bucchino Rochelle DiCristofalo Stanley Granat Arnold Kaplan Hakimah Al-Zahra Joseph Burden Vincent DiGesu Mary Elaine Grant-Tepper Jeffrey Keller Jo-Ann Ambrogi Joe Burgess James DiMarco Alonzo Graves Randall C. Kelly Gilberte Ambroise Theresa Burke Munir Din Eleanor Gray John Kelly Marsha Ambrose Patricia Burton Philip Dinanzio, Jr Donald Greco Lorraine Kelly Michael Ambrosia Kenneth Burton Sheila Dipolo-Donohue Audrey Green Margaret Kelly Beverly Anderson Evelyn Burwell Gloria Djaha Richard M Greene Jeannie Kempson Paul Anderson Joseph Bushe Jack M. Dobrow Bruce Greengart Betty Kenner Aspacia Andros Joseph O. Buster Audrey N Doman Susan Greenhouse Carol A. Keyser Jean Anmuth Dorothy Byrd Joseph Donatuto Lewis Greenstein Eleanor Kinard Florence Appelstein Gladys Caballery Barbara Donovan Stephen Gregor Anita King Yurman Arthur D. Aptowitz James Cacopardo Nancy Dorn Ira Greinsky Arnold Kingston James Arangio Diana Calvert William A. Douglas Thomas J. Griffin Kathleen Kinney William A. Archipoli Eugene G. Calvert George M Drakos Linda Griffin Elizabeth Klaber Henry Armendinger Vijya Campagne Carla A. Drije Joel Grill Laura Kleeman Robert Armstrong Denise Campbell Christine Dudley Mary Gropp Alfred Klein Jimmy Arnold Milton Campbell James Duffield Marcia Grossberg Marie-Ann Koegler Kwame Asante John Campobasso Vincent Dufour Martin Grower Jules Kohn Hanacho Atako Barbara Canning Walter J. Dugan Frank Gulino Roberta Kolin Steven August Joan Capel Mary Ann D'ulisse Josefino Gumpeng Marian Konstan Neil Awalt Joseph Cappiello Deborah Duvdevani Albert Gundersheimer Henry Korobelnik Jacqueline Ayer Burton Carlin Dorothy Louise Dye Tilak R. Gupta Jean Krampner Roger Bachrach Francisco Carlos Martha Easparro Horacio Gutierrez Jerome Kraus Robert Backes Joseph Caron James Egan Estelle Guttbinder Irving Kreindler Mary Bacote-Norkhird Henrietta Carpentier William Eglinton Henry Haegele Sandra Krentcil Malkit Bains Phyllis Carr Philip Eisman Henrietta Haffenden-Myles Jane Kronholtz Steven Balicer Eugenia Carrington Martina Elam Myra Hailey Richard Kucera Rafiu Balogun Annette J Carrington Terrence J Ellison Phyllis Hailstock Robert Kuhl Yvette Banks Belinda L Carroll Barbara Elstein Arthur Haimo Adele Kwaw Norma Banks Maxine Carter Laura Engler Marguerite Hajduk Frances Kyle Theodore Barbal Patricia Caruso May Engler Claire Hall Edward S Lakner Mary Bardy Donald Casiere Gloria Erardy Edmund Hall Diane Lalondriz Mary Barlow Gerard Castagna Linda Erickson Sandra Halstuch Wing Lam Gwendolyn Barnes Immaculate Castaldo Rollie Eubanks Alicia Hamill Lawrence Lamanna Charles F. Baroo Louis Celi Tillie A Evans Brenda A Hamilton Saundra Lamb Ted Barra Janice Cerra Joyce Eversley John Hannigan George Lang Frances Guttilla Barris Jean Claude Ceus Frank Farkas Robert Hansen Rita Langer Edward Barry Suzanne Chait-Magen John Farley Frances Nadine Hapaz Dolores Lapin-Curley Richard Barth Ereica Chambers Elizabeth Farrell Geraldine Hardiman Judith Layzer Eileen Bartky Peter Chan Camille Fatto Sandra Hardison Kaye Lee Joseph Bartolomeo Johnsie Cheatham Pauline Feingold Gussie Harris Jeannette Lee Renee Bash Stephen Chenenky Mildred Feinstein John M. 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Clark Barbara Fimmano Elizabeth Henderson Rosanne Levitt Ruth Bell Joyce Cleary Georgia Finch Robert Henke Jr Lewis Levy Joanna Belt Joyce Cleveland Joel Fishelson Saundra Henry Martin Lewis Lynn Bender Harry Cliadakis Mary Flannelly Paul Henry Fred Lieber Diana Benitez Martin Cohen Philip Flaum Barbara Herman Joyce Liechenstein Carolyn Bennett George Cohen Gerald Flynn Lisa Hernandez Michael Light Maureen Benson Glynton Coleman Daniel Flynn John Heron Jayne Lindberg Elaine Silodor Berk Patricia Coleman Judy Flynn Mary Hillman Barbara Linder Herman Berkowitz Linda Coleman Constance Ford David Hochstein William Linhart Ira Berman Judith Collazzi Arlene Forman Sylvia Hodge Marilyn Liveric Margarita Bermudez Patrick Collins Flora Foster Joseph Holdampf Lillie R Lockhart Marilyn Bernard Gloria Colon Henry Foster Andrew Hollander Leopold Loher George Bernett Marlene Connor Allen Foster Jacqueline Holmes-Boyd Brenda Lomax Carolyn Berry James Conolly Harold Fowler Lena Holt Marlene Lorraine Regina Berry William Considine James Freaney Rita Honekman Michel Louis John L Besignano Anthony M Cook Alan Freilicher Sherry House Rosa Lovejoy Earlene Bethel Mildred Cordero Manuel Friedman Marion House Eileen Lovett Vidyadhar Bhide James Corleto Sebelee Fye-Banks Carolyn Hubbard Hattie Lucas Joyce Bialik Hannibal Coscia Armand Gabriele Clark Hudson Grace Lucas Saul Bick Henrietta Council Grace Gabrielsen Barbara Hunt Joseph Lucas Haripal Bisnath Ted L. Cox Arthur M. Gaines Azeeza Hurston Flora Lucchese Adona Blake Esther Crayton Ella Gales Nadine Hurwitz Mary Ludvigsen Helen Blecher Ellen Creightney Renee Galkin Maria Ibanez Paul Lurie Robert Bleiberg Maria L. Crisci Kenneth Gallo Haydee Inclan Marvin Lutenberg Phyllis Blonder Robert Croghan Araleli Gamboa Margaret Ingram Rose Maconi Andrea Bloom Stanley Cutchins DeJares Gantt Thomas Ippolito Dominick Madeo Timothy Bohen Gerald Czermendy Carol Garbarino Ana Irizarry Leo Maher Shirley Bonadie Joseph D'Aiello Sonia E Garrastegui Morton Israel Janet M Mahoney Elizabeth Borden Carol J Dailey Daphney Garrison Evelyn Jackson Lauren Malone William Borock Marilyn Daitsman Antoine Gautier Valerie Jackson Theresa Mancuso Carmine Borzelli Richard M Dalrymple Boushra Ghaly Brenda Ann Jackson Henry Mandel Paul Bowen Maureen D'Amato Marguerite Ghartey Daniel Jacobson Nilsa Mangual-Rios Carol Bowers Dolores Daniels Marie Gill Janice James Michael Manzolillo Renee Boyce Prabhat Das Shirley Gilliam Calvin James William Marchuk Earlene Toni Brabham Elizabeth D'Aversa Mary Giraldi Anna James-Bowers Angela Marino Helen Brandt Frances David Edwina Glasco Ina Jenkins Carol Marker Edward Braverman Noreen Davidsen Nicholas Gleason Gloria Jimenez John Maroney Carmen Bray Christine DeCell Carol Glover Brenda Johnson Claire Maroney Connie Bray Rufina DeGuzman Irwin Goldberg Cladie Johnson Roberta Martell Maureen Brennan Edwin P Dei Myrna Gonzalez James L Johnson Claire N Martes Eddie Marie Brodie Rose Del Gaudio Manuel Gonzalez Ingrid Johnson Ralph Martinez Everett Lawrence Brogdon Una Delaney Pedro Gonzalez Lorraine Johnson Marylou Martucci Joyce Bronstorph Mavis Delgado Myra R. Goralski Marilyn Johnson Edna Silas Marungo Yvonne Broughton John Dellecave Jeanne N Gorbatcheff Roslyn Jones Martha Masnyj Rosemary O. Brown Ralph DeMattia Joan Gordon Flora Jones [continued on page 11]