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BY JULIANNE CUBA Ave. J library Now you’re speaking their lan- guage! The city will station Rus- is getting a sian-speaking translators at more than a dozen polling makeover! sites across Southern Brook- lyn for the upcoming general election on Nov. 7 as part of a BY JULIANNE CUBA pilot project that could go city- It’s a sequel for this library! wide. Young bookworms can look Seniors who hail from the forward to a brand new chil- former Soviet Union have long dren’s library at the Avenue J felt disenfranchised when Midwood branch, the local pol they went to go do their most announced on Oct. 1. important civic duty on elec- Councilman David Green- tion day — either because they fi eld (D–Midwood) allocated didn’t know if they were in the $1.5 million to create a space right place, or couldn’t even on the second fl oor of the li- read the ballot — and couldn’t brary near E. 16th Street for fi nd help in their own lan- additional computers, more guage. So this program will be stacks fi lled with children’s a big help to the large Russian- books for young readers, speaking community in Little and a play area for tots. Hun- Odessa and the surrounding dreds of youngsters live in the neighborhoods, said Brigh- neighborhood and it’s crucial ton Beach district leader Ari for them to have the opportu- Kagan, who saw the problems nity to learn and grow their fi rst-hand during last month’s brains at a young age through primary vote. reading and exploration, said “On Sep. 12, I was at many Greenfi eld. polling sites in my district “This is one of the best li- and outside, it was very bad. braries in Brooklyn, and I’m I saw many confused seniors, truly proud to be making it like 91-years-old,” said Kagan, even better,” said Greenfi eld. who also speaks Russian. “It Just ducky! “This neighborhood has more will help tremendously, I will 2-year-old David Simuni had no problem fi shing a rubber duck out of a kiddie pool at the Kings Bay Y children than just about any guarantee the turnout in the other in New York, so it’s vi- Carnival at PS 100 on Oct. 14. For more on all the fun, see page 6. Photo by Erin Lefevre Russian-speaking community tal that the Avenue J Library Continued on page 12 Continued on page 12
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End of the line A wayward steer led po- Wyatt Cenac stops ‘Night Train’ series lice on an hours-long chase By Lauren Gill profile comedians to his show over the Wyatt Cenac,” which chronicles his life big changes and those changes are always e’s hitting the brakes! years. Cenac counts appearances from as “The Viceroy,” a superhero fighting to going to be awkward and uncomfortable,” The weekly Gowanus comedy Chris Rock and Michelle Wolf as some of protect the borough from gentrification. he said. “To some degree talking about Hshow “Night Train with Wyatt his fondest memories. Each of the 10-minute episodes follows those things will I hope at least promote Cenac” will come to an end on Nov. 6, Cenac said he has not yet worked out Cenac through a heightened version of his some sort of discussion, some thoughtful- after five years at neighborhood venue the details of his final three shows, but day-to-day routine, including checking ness as those changes happen.” through Windsor Terrace and Littlefield. But the show’s host says you do he expects them to be full of recurring out a new shop that only sells mustard, The entertainer will have a chance not need to feel sorry for him — it’s just guests, special surprises, and a lot of doing yoga, and confronting parents who to explore the topic further in his newly time to call it quits. laughs. drink at bars with their babies, along with announced Home Box Office network “It felt like it was time,” said Wyatt “We’re going to have the same kind his heroic nighttime adventures breaking 10-episode docu-series, produced by Cenac. “We took a lot of pride in the show of fun we’ve been having for the last five up a stroller theft ring. comedian and talk show host John Oliver. and were happy to have over 500 different years and leave with happy memories for Cenac says that the scenes featuring The new late-night show is still in devel- into Prospect Park this morn- comedians take part, but it feels like you us and open the door for what’s going to an influx of new residents and businesses opment, but fans can expect to see Cenac kind of want to walk away before comedi- come later,” he said. reflect the weird adjustments happening use his satirical news skills to delve into ans don’t want to do the show, or the audi- In 2015, six episodes of the show were all over Brooklyn, and that it is important important issues. ence doesn’t want to come to the show.” recorded for online streaming service to call out those moments out instead of Night Train” at Littlefield (635 Sackett The Fort Greene jokester, best known Seeso., so those who miss the comedian sweeping them under the rug. St. between Third and Fourth avenues for his stint as a correspondent on “The can catch up on those episodes, or look for “It’s one of those things that no matter in Gowanus, www.littlefieldnyc.com). Daily Show,” has welcomed many high his brand new six-part web series , “Aka where you go, places are experiencing Mondays at 8 pm until Nov. 6. $5. ing before the department’s special-operations offi cers Your entertainment managed to corral the beast guide Page 49 — despite their general lack of rodeo experience, according to an offi cer on the scene. Police Blotter ...... 8 “It’s not a common occur- Standing O ...... 24 rence,” said Charles Scholl, Letters ...... 38 deputy chief of Brooklyn South Tom Allon ...... 40 patrol bureau, which covers the nabe. “But the NYPD rises Harbor Watch ...... 45 to the occasion.” The loose cow was fi rst spotted around 11:25 am, ac- cording to cops, and a local an- imal-lover hit the streets not long after in an attempt to trail it as it meandered through the area, he said. “I got a call that the cow was running along the Pros- IN THE BULLPEN: (Above) Cops HOW TO REACH US pect Expressway, headed to- are looking for the owner of a wards 10th Avenue,” said Sean loose cow they captured in the Mail: Casey, the owner of Kensing- dugout of a ball fi eld inside the Courier Life ton’s Sean Casey Animal Res- Prospect Park Parade Ground on Publications, Inc., cue. “So I shot up that way in Tuesday after the beast roamed my truck, and bounced around 1 Metrotech Center North the neighborhood for nearly two 10th Floor, Brooklyn, the neighborhood as I followed where it went.” hours and drew a large crowd. N.Y. 11201 Casey said he stalked the (Right) Authorities steered the bo- General Phone: animal as it exited the ex- vine into this waiting horse trailer (718) 260-2500 pressway at Tenth Avenue, after using tranquilizers and soc- News Fax: then moseyed along Prospect cer goals to corral it. (718) 260-2592 Avenue before turning on to Community News Group / Colin Mixson Caton Avenue and heading News E-Mail: into the Prospect Park Parade ter a second failed attempt to offi cer is not trained to cor- “I think there is a group al- [email protected] Ground, where offi cers tran- contain it using a soccer goal, ral cows. Their effort was well ready interested.” Display Ad Phone: quilized it after failing to trap cops used department vehi- done.” The cow, which had two (718) 260-8302 the agile beast using soccer cles to pen in the beast, which Police took the bovine, tags on its back, likely es- Display Ad E-Mail: goals, according to another they fi nally steered into a van which Scholl said looked “very caped from a truck or a meat [email protected] witness. nearly two hours after it was hea lt hy” when it was c apt u red, market, according to Casey, “It went into the fi eld and fi rst spotted, according to to Brooklyn Animal Care Cen- who is nonetheless optimistic Display Ad Fax: offi cers tried to trap it with Casey, who commended the ter at 2336 Linden Blvd. for that the attention its time on (718) 260-2579 two goals, but failed,” said cops for their unconventional further assessment following the lam garnered may save it Classified Phone: A.J. Beato, who lives near the rescue operation. its time on the range. It will from certain death at a slaugh- (718) 260-2555 park. “They had tranquilizers “The tried with the goal remain there until an owner terhouse. Classified Fax: at the ready, but nothing hap- post, but there’s no bottom to or rescue organization comes “I would think, most likely, (718) 260-2549 pened to it.” it, so he was able to just pass to claim it, he said. it will end up at a sanctuary. The doped-up cow then through the net,” Casey said. “We’ll see if the owner is That tends to happen because Classified E-Mail: meandered into the fenced-in “It would have been easier if located or if a rescue group of the media coverage,” he [email protected] dugout of a ball fi eld inside they could lasso or wrangle comes to save it,” the deputy said, “Hopefully, he earned a the parade grounds and, af- him, but your average police chief said. free pass here.” :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > 2 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 M CHECKING INN Locals wary as controversial hotel opens FIGHTING MAD: More than 100 protesters turned out to oppose the closure of the in-patient-surgery wing of the Brooklyn Veterans Af- fairs Hospital when it was fi rst proposed in 2015. File photo by Steve Solomonson Rep helps keep patient services at Fort Vets Hospital Photo by Erin Lefevre BY JULIANNE CUBA BY JULIANNE MCSHANE The change would have Checking inn on E. 49th The Brooklyn doctors are reclassifi ed the Brooklyn Street! in — and they will be for the hospital from “complex” to A controversial hotel on E. foreseeable future. “ambulatory advanced,” 49th Street that local leaders The Brooklyn Veterans meaning that the doctors — and neighbors feared would Affairs Hospital at Fort Ham- and the equipment — needed become a homeless shelter or ilton will continue to offer to perform surgeries includ- an hourly hot-sheet motel fi - critical inpatient surgeries ing open-heart procedures, nally opened as a Days Inn a to local vets rather than ship- joint reconstructions, coro- few weeks ago, and all appears ping them out to the distant nary artery bypass grafts, to be kosher so far, said one isle of Manhattan, a proposal and even appendectomies woman who lives just a block that the federal Department would have been shipped to away and protested the hotel’s of Veterans Affairs was re- Manhattan. construction back in 2015. portedly considering, accord- Donovan also cited in the “I see people coming and ing to a spokesperson at New letter that the Brooklyn hos- going, in and out. I haven’t York Harbor Healthcare, the pital was a “critical facility” heard any complaints,” said a File photo by Steve Schnibbe system that provides health- for local veterans following relieved Barbara Becker. “At OPEN FOR BUSINESS: (Top) The controversial Days Inn hotel on E. 49th care services to local veter- Hurricane Sandy, when the this point in time, I cannot say Street fi nally opened about two weeks ago. (Above) Locals were so wor- ans. Manhattan hospital was dam- there’s anything abnormal ried that the hotel was going to become a homeless shelter that the The decision against the aged by the storm and closed going on from the few times I protested it before it was even built. move came after Rep. Dan for months, showing that the passed by there, and have not Donovan (R–Bay Ridge) led change to the Brooklyn hos- heard anything adverse from to reduce the number of hotels to put a hotel on. There’s no a bipartisan coalition in pital could make a future nat- the neighbors yet.” used as homeless shelters , and parking, it’s a horrible block, August urging Secretary ural disaster even more dire Becker and other locals as several hotels in Sunset you got a sanitation garage of Veterans Affairs David for local vets if the Brooklyn questioned the location of the Park became shelters — to the and auto repair shops. It’s Shulkin to reconsider, citing hospital was not equipped 46-room lodge, between Ave- consternation of many nearby just not a nice block if you’re the hardship of the commute with adequate equipment or nues N and O, with a Depart- residents. trying to encourage people into Manhattan that Staten personnel to perform critical ment of Sanitation garage on But even now that the ho- to come to your hotel. Time Island and Brooklyn veter- surgeries after another su- one side and an auto shop on tel is fi nally open and every- will tell — things seem to be ans — and particularly the perstorm. the other. Many skeptics, in- thing appears to check out, so working well, I just hope it elderly and disabled — would The long back-and-forth cluding Councilman Alan to speak, Maisel said he’s still continues.” face. over the decision — which Maisel (D–Mill Basin), were concerned for the what the fu- The Department of Home- “Our veterans have sac- was fi rst proposed in 2015 — certain that once it opened the ture holds — if the hotel is not less Services says it is not cur- rifi ced enough, and they was an essential and normal hotel wouldn’t attract over- able to sustain a profi t over rently using the Mill Basin ho- shouldn’t have to trek to process of federal and state night guests, but developers the next few years, its own- tel as a shelter, has no plans to, Manhattan for medical agencies determining the insisted the location is perfect ers could still look to partner and would notify neighbors care,” Donovan said in the most effective ways to help since it’s just a short, 11-mile with an organization to open a minimum of 30 days in ad- statement. local veterans, said a spokes- drive from John F. Kennedy up a shelter. vance if it plans to open one, Donovan sent the letter — woman at New York Harbor International Airport and of- “At this point I’m not wor- said a spokeswoman for the which was co-signed by Bor- Healthcare. fers travelers more moderate ried about it happening in the city agency. ough President Adams, state “There’s a constant on- prices. next year or two, I’m worried Wyndham Hotel Group, the Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay going assessment on how to Suspicions about the new about three to four years from parent organization to Days Ridge), and other local pols serve veterans best,” said inn only grew as Mayor DeBla- now,” said Maisel. Inn, did not respond to a re- — to Shulkin on Aug. 16. Claudia Benjamin. sio came under fi re for failing “It’s just a terrible block quest for comment. 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A brigand broke into a home What a tool near E. 32nd Street and sometime A crook stole nearly $6,500 worth overnight on Oct. 13. of tools from a car parked on W. 36 The resident of the house be- Street at some point between Oct. 11 tween avenues K and J told police Street on Oct. 14. and 12. 68TH PRECINCT The thief took off with the car that sometime between midnight The owner of the car left the ve- from between 19th and 20th avenues and 7:30 am, someone put a chair BAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS hicle between Neptune and Mer- at around 6 pm, according to the re- by a driveway window and opened maid avenues around 3:30 pm on port. There was no broken glass to the window to gain entry into Cycle of pain Oct. 11, and when they returned the near the car, and the car owner said the house. The sneak thief left with A sneak thief stole a man’s pricey next day around 7 am, they noticed he is the only one with keys or per- a laptop and tablet that were on a motorcycle from its 79th Street the side handle of the passenger side mission to use the car, according to kitchen table, according to police. parking spot on Oct. 4, according to door was broken and the tools gone. the report. police. Left empty-handed The crook made off with the 2012 A gun to the head Phone a friend Overnight on Oct. 13 another Yamaha moto, which its owner had A perp stole an iPhone 6 and its A punk entered a man’s parked break-in occurred at a home near E. parked at Sixth Avenue around 3:30 accompanying headphones from a car on 85th Street while he was in- 31st Street. am, at some point between 5 am and Coney Islander who was walking side, put a black pistol to his head, 10:30 am. Police are reviewing sur- home from school on Ocean Park- Police say a pilferer entered and ordered him to hand over his veillance cameras in the area, they way on Oct. 13. the through a kitchen window and money before stabbing him four said. The no-goodnik approached the pushed in the screen to enter the times on Oct. 15, according to po- iPhone owner between Mitchell house between avenues K and J , but lice. Bad check Wesson Place and Neptune Avenue nothing was taken, according to in- The miscreant entered the car be- A lying nogoodnik stole a wom- around noon and demanded that he vestigators. tween 21st avenue and Bay Parkway an’s IRS refund check valued at just let him use his phone. When he re- and threatened the driver just before over $1,500 from the Fourth Avenue fused, the miscreant pushed him in 7:30 pm, at which point the driver Thwarted at window mailbox where she had dropped it the chest and said that if he didn’t grabbed the pistol, ordered the crook Another break-in happened at a on June 10, the woman reported to hand it over, he would kill him. He to get out, and kept driving while he house on E. 32nd Street. cops on Oct. 10. then grabbed the phone and fl ed on was still inside. The criminal then Cops said the crook stacked four The criminal stole the check foot. Police are reviewing cameras stabbed the driver four times, on his patio chairs near a side window and from the corner of 72nd Street some- in the area, according to the report. arm, abdomen, and back. The driver tried to gain entry of the abode be- time after she dropped it there to —Julianne McShane then turned left on to Bay Parkway, tween avenues K and J. send to her bank at around 4 pm in pulled over, and got out of the car, The homeowner told police that June. But by October, the woman’s and pulled the lout out in an attempt 61ST PRECINCT preventative stoppers in the win- bank informed her that they had to fi ght. But the crook fl ed on foot dows helped foil the would-be bur- never received the check, and that it towards 85th Street, and the driver SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST— glar’s attempt and nothing was re- had been cashed already. went to the police. MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND ported stolen from the property, according to the report. 62ND PRECINCT Back door bandit 60TH PRECINCT Cops cuffed a guy for trying to Thieving quintet BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH— break into a Hampton Avenue home A suspected group of fi ve ma- SEAGATE on Oct. 9. rauders broke into an E. 31st street Bagged it The suspect tried to get in home on Oct. 14. A crook with a taste for the fi ner Gone fi shing through the back door between Ex- things in life stole a black Chanel eter and Ocean avenues about 2:30 The homeowner told cops that a A thief stole $2,200 worth of fi sh- handbag valued at $1,000 from a W. kitchen window screen at the house, ing equipment — including fi shing pm, but police stopped him in his 9th Street home on Oct. 13, accord- between avenues K and J, was bro- rods, oars, and life preservers — tracks, according to authorities. ing to police. ken into in the early morning hours from a Kaiser Park recreation cen- The thief entered and exited the between 5:30 and 9:10 am, and own- ter on Neptune Avenue sometime Road rage home between avenues U and T ers told cops thousands worth of between Aug. 25 and Oct. 12, police Police arrested a 42-year-old man through an unlocked rear kitchen property was stolen. Police, who say said. for smashing another man on his window at around 9 pm. Police are The perp climbed through a rear head with a glass bottle on E. 15th as many as fi ve perpetrators were reviewing surveillance cameras in window between W. 28th and W Street on Oct. 9. The two got into an involved, say a pricey bike, three the area. laptops, and a mobile phone were .29th streets and stole the items at argument after one hit the other’s taken. some point between 10:30 am on the car near Kings Highway at about 7 Deserving detention August date and 10 am on Oct. 12. pm, but it escalated and the suspect Rear window job A lout stole between $500 and hit the victim in the head with the $800 in cash from a 62nd Street A glass course bottle, causing him to bleed, accord- Another E. 31st Street home was school in the early morning hours Police arrested a man who stole ing to authorities. burglarized on Oct. 3. of Oct. 15. two cellphones from another man The home’s owner told cops that The criminal entered the build- on a Q train on Oct. 14. Key suspect! someone gained access to his house ing between New Utrecht and 15th The men boarded the same train A punk keyed a guy’s car parked from a rear window between 3 and 5 avenues through scaffolding and at Brighton Beach Avenue and on Avenue V on Oct. 10, police said. am. Police say he heard noise down- a window. After grabbing the cash Brighton Sixth Street at 3 am, ac- The guy told police he had stairs in the home between avenues from multiple classrooms, he left cording to the report, and the man parked his car between E. Seventh K and J and found his kitchen win- through the building’s side door who stole the phones spotted the Street and Ocean Parkway at about dow open. He later discovered that and fl ed on foot. other man through the train car 7:30 pm and some nogoodnik ran a the car keys to his sports utility ve- window. 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And al- Email: [email protected] though only about fi ve of this year’s www.silvagniandcomolaw.com players were among Syrdahl’s origi- nal childhood neighbors, getting the gang back together is rewarding. “It’s nice to see my old friends, and it’s even nicer to see my old friends see my old friends,” he said. Thanks to the annual “Oldtimers” OUT-OF-TOWNER: (Top) Bill Lytch stepped Sherbee gatherings, Syrdahl has managed to up to bat and later received an award for Est. 1940 recruit some newcomers to the king traveling the furthest for the annual game, of street games. The neighborhood’s all the way from Texas. (Above) Old oldtim- newer residents make up the team of ers and new oldtimers banded together on Antiques “Young Oldtimers,” who play against the “Old Oldtimers.” And this year, the 80th Street for a Saturday stickball game players ranged in age from 21–71 — an Photos by Georgine Benvenuto intergenerational span that Syrdahl is proud of and tries to encourage. “We grew up playing that game and “I reach out to anyone who comes we want to keep it going,” said Ronnie POT of GOLD down the block,” he said. Smith, who grew up on 78th Street and This year, the teams played three has been coming back to the annual Sherbee Antiques is a family-owned business that has been games — two seven-inning games and game for the past 40 years. “Every serving the tri-state area for over 60 years. a three-inning one — with the Young block had a stickball team back then.” We buy from the full contents of homes and estates Oldtimers ultimately clinching the The group headed to JJ Bubbles overall win, but that didn’t bother Syr- Bar for an awards ceremony after the to single items. We specialize in high-end goods such as dahl. game. Next year, Syrdahl is planning a antiques, art, fi ne porcelain, lighting, bronzes and sculptures. “I don’t care who wins,” he said. “It dinner and dance to commemorate the doesn’t matter to me.” 50th-annual event. We have particular interest in fi ne jewelry, timepieces, Another member of the original Smith said he wouldn’t miss it for diamonds, gold and silver. stickball crew who also played this the world. year said that the annual game is about “I look forward to it every year,” he If you call we will come to you, free of charge, and evaluate preserving a tradition of the past. said. what you are selling. We know the value of your possessions and are willing to pay top dollar on the spot. Please feel free to call seven days a week for a free same day consultation. showed off a seasonable stripes look CHURCH LANE — those looking for his outfits from the challenge and the latest fall You may be sitting on a large fortune. Continued from page 16 trends on display during the event Call Sherbee Antiques. 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Council seat faced off again on Brannan shot back at Qua- Tuesday night and battled for glione more directly later on, the mantle of biggest outsider, when he called out the Repub- despite all three having past lican’s long ties to his former political careers. boss, state Sen. Marty Golden Ridgites fi lled the audito- (R–Bay Ridge). rium at Fort Hamilton High “John Quaglione has School on Oct. 17 to hear them worked for Marty Golden for tout their policy plans for about 400 years,” Brannan neighborhood issues affecting said. the district that includes Bay Quaglione quickly cor- Ridge, Dyker Heights, Benson- rected him that it was actually hurst, and Bath Beach, while 19 years. the three candidates — Repub- Capano seized on the mo- lican John Quaglione , Demo- ment of infi ghting, quickly fol- crat Justin Brannan, and the lowing the testy exchange by Reform Party’s Bob Capano implying that his opponents — tried to distance themselves would not be effective mem- from their own political pasts bers of the Council because while casting that their oppo- their complaints and sparring nents as fi rmly entrenched in showed that they had not done the city’s political establish- TALKING POINTS: From left to right, Ridge Council candidates John Quaglione (Republican), Justin Brannan enough to affect change dur- ment. (Democrat), and Bob Capano (Reform Party) took turns touting their policy platforms to voters at Xaverian ing their times working in city The debate, sponsored by High School on Tuesday night. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto agencies and government. the Bay Ridge Community “This is the problem with Council, kicked off with open- it’s important that parties like Not to be outdone, Qua- and-a-half debate. career politicians running ing statements, and Capano the Reform Party are included glione declared himself “the For his part, Brannan said for offi ce — they work for set the tone for the night, tout- in forums like this. The sta- only one on this stage who he would “be accountable elected offi cials for most all ing his outsider status as a tus quo just isn’t working. will stand up to Bill DeBla- to the people of this district of their lives, and then, when third-party candidate. We have a political party es- sio and the lunacy of the City and nobody else,” and said he they run for offi ce themselves, “No one candidate has a tablishment that seems to be Council” and repeatedly refer- would take on the Democratic they complain about all of monopoly on good ideas,” Ca- dominated by special inter- ring to Hizzoner as “Justin’s mayor when he had to. the things that haven’t been pano said. “That’s why I think ests and party bosses.” mayor” throughout the hour- “I’m not afraid of the tough Continued on page 43 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 23 Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster STANDING by Joanna DelBuono High-schooler a rising scientist BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Three cheers to Packer Collegiate Institute teen, Hawthorne Ripley, who was presented with a $2,000 scholar- ship and awarded the Rising Scientist Award, by the Child Mind Institute. The prestigious organization recog- nized Hawthorne along with four other outstanding high school students who FORT GREENE Sparks! Congrats to educator Barbara Tanzman, who was awarded the 2017 S’Park Media Mentor Award from Ithaca College. SPLASH LANDING: Members of the Madison Square Boy and Girls Club in Flatbush, The recognition is given to high along with local elected offi cials, celebrated extensive renovations at the pool. school teachers and advisors who are committed to igniting a pas- sion for media in their students. Pool partying at the Clubhouse Tanzman teaches media and technology at Brooklyn Techni- FLATBUSH by clubhouse members. Also: full cal High School. Before teach- replacement of the fi ltration piping ing, Tanzman served as vice It’s time to party — Madison system and underground plumbing; president of graphics and mar- Square Boys and Girls Club of- installation of state-of-the art me- keting at Frederick Atkins and fi cially re-opened their aquatics fa- chanical and dehumidifi cation sys- prior to that she served as adver- cility at the Thomas S. Murphy tem and for the natatorium; instal- tising art director at Metropolis Clubhouse in Flatbush. With fi - lation of new, energy-effi cient LED Magazine. nancial support of former Borough lighting throughout; upgraded ac- Our pal Barbara encourages President Marty Markowitz and commodations to improve handicap her students to apply for intern- have demonstrated exceptional prom- Councilman Mathieu Eugene (D- accessibility of the pool including a ships and scholarships, in addi- ise in science and a specifi c interest in Flatbush), a full-scale renovation of fully integrated ramp into the space tion to participating in media the fi elds of child and adolescent men- the swimming pool and adjoining and new chair lift; and renovation competitions. tal health or pediatric neuroscience. facilities was celebrated with a rib- of viewing areas to better accommo- “The privilege of teaching stu- Heather received the accolades at the bon cutting ceremony. date members and their families. dents to leverage media to give On the Shoulders of Giants sympo- Re-do’s included; Complete re- “I am honored to support the them voice and engage in issues sium. confi guration of the four-lane, 20 new aquatics facility at the Thomas that impact their communities is “This is a particularly exciting foot-by-60-foot pool tank to accom- S. Murphy Clubhouse,” the council- something that the Park School year as we recognize a group of all fe- modate current code requirements man said. “I want to thank Madi- shares with our Media Mentor male Rising Scientists,” said Dr. Har- and maximize the programming son Square Boys & Girls Club and awardees,” said Diane Gayeski, old Koplewicz, founding president of space for clubhouse members. former Borough President Marty dean of the Park School. “It’s al- the Child Mind Institute. “Their com- Replacement of all tile and plaster Markowitz for partnering with me ways a joy to hear about the re- mitment, drive, and vision for the fu- fi nishes throughout the pool and gen- on this important renovation.” markable work being done by ture of mental health and neurosci- eral natatorium to include a 100-foot- The Thomas S. Murphy Club- high school students and honor ence, especially at such a young age, is long mosaic tile mural that features house [2245 Bedford Ave. at Eras- the people who inspire them and inspiring.” images of clubhouse members taken mus Street in Flatbush] nurture the intellectual curiosity “These fi ve young women have cre- and creativity.” ated workshops, founded STEM clubs, Brooklyn Technical High started community gardens, and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights; of community service; and to present School [29 Fort Greene Pl. at launched mental health awareness ini- (718) 250–0281] a thesis refl ecting the skills and rela- DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene tiatives, all while maintaining stellar tionships they built over the course of (718) 804–6400] GPAs and conducting research,” said GERRITSEN BEACH their college career. Dr. Patrizia Casaccia, founding di- Keep up the good work. rector of the ASRC’s Neuroscience Ini- Honors away executive and creative director at City tiative and Einstein Professor of Biol- Standing O sends kudos to borough BUSHWICK Arts. ogy at Hunter College. daughter Erin Freeburn. The cogent City Arts worked in collaboration In addition to receiving the award co-ed was inducted into the State Uni- Snip, snip with lead artist Haley Gewandter, the winners, their parents and fac- versity at New Paltz Honor’s Pro- City Arts cut the ribbon and cele- local youth, volunteers, community ulty sponsors were invited to attend gram for fall 2017. brated the completion of City Arts’ mu- residents, and students from Wil- a breakfast with special guest Dr. The program seeks to develop and ral, StoryVine, on Oct. 12. City Arts’ liamsburg Charter High School, Kenneth Dodge, Pritzker Profes- intensify skills from a conceptual point 318th mural at Garden Playground, Young Women’s Leadership School sor of Public Policy, Founder of the of view in a diverse multidisciplinary celebrates nature, raises awareness in Brooklyn, PS 120, and PS 368, as Center for Child and Family Policy, analytical environment that nurtures of the speed of climate change, and well as the Parks Department and The Sanford School of Public Policy, independent thinking, creativity, re- celebrates overcoming personal chal- many volunteers from Disney. Duke University and the 2017 Child spect and social responsibility. lenges in a positive way. “The commu- Thank you City Arts for green Mind Institute Distinguished Scien- In order to maintain membership nity created their story in fl owers and thumbing the garden with blooming tist. in the Honors Program, students are whether rain, snow, or shine they will beauty. The Packer Collegiate Institute required to maintain a GPA of 3.3 or always be in full bloom, keeping their Garden Playground, [40 Beaver St. 170 Joralemon St., between Court and higher; to complete at least 40 hours spirits high!” said, Tsipi Ben-Haim in Bushwick] 24 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 MBRBG PROVEN FIGHTER: Assemblywoman Malliotakis has a record of helping seniors and the disabled travel around the city. She forced the MTA to restore bus service in Brooklyn and pressed Access-A-Ride to be more prompt with pick up MEET NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS. times. Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is running to become Mayor of New York City to stop Bill de Blasio from his continued practice of protecting criminals at the expense of the New York City taxpayer. 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It’s a bipartisan issue, charging that his Republican he’s not a fan of Trump or be tinuing to run farther away we hate DeBlasio,” he said. opponent John Quaglione proud of his party, said vocal from Mayor DeBlasio as a way • • • has purposely omitted any Trump supporter Bob Ca- to attract conservative voters in Army veteran Max Rose, mention that he’s running on pano , who battled Quaglione a district known to swing more who threw his hat into the the Grand Old Party line as a for the Republican nod, and to the right than other neigh- ring as a Democrat to oust in- way to distance himself from is now running for the seat on borhoods across the borough. cumbent Rep. Dan Donovan President Trump and his tu- the Reform Party line. In a hotly contested elec- (R–Bay Ridge), raked in more multuous White House. “I think it’s a disgrace that tion in which Democrats are cash than the former Staten “John Quaglione is clearly he’s hiding his party affi lia- counting on that seat to stay Island District Attorney in the hiding that he’s a proud Trump TALKING BORO POLITICS tion,” said Capano. blue, Brannan has racked up latest federal campaign disclo- Republican because he knows WITH JULIANNE CUBA “This is what voters are several heavyweight support- sure fi ling. that his party is out of step tired of, running away from ers city-wide , including Comp- Rose raised more than with the values of our com- telling the truth. If he doesn’t troller Scott Stringer, Public $320,000 in just sixty days, munity,” said Justin Bran- Comparatively, all of Bran- want to support President Advocate Tish James, and from July through September, nan’s spokeswoman Daniele nan’s campaign material Trump, he should just say so Councilman Mark Levine according to federal records. de Groot. “On just about every clearly states he’s a true-blue instead of keeping his mouth (D–Manhattan) — but notably But Donovan has still issue, from immigration and Democrat. shut and hiding on this cam- absent from that list is his for- amassed the biggest war chest marriage equality to health- Quaglione — who had paign lit that he’s a Republi- mer boss, Hizzoner. and raised $471,593 in con- care and reproductive rights, worked for the only Repub- can.” Brannan’s campaign said tributions since January, re- John Quaglione has moved in lican legislator who repre- But Quaglione’s cam- he is “not actively seeking the cords show. lock-step with Donald Trump sents solely Kings County paign said voters should not mayor’s endorsement,” as a Rose is the fi fth Democrat and Steve Bannon. Voters will since 1997 before he took a be confused — he’s a Republi- way to maintain “checks and mounting a campaign against see right through this. John leave of absence to run for the can through and through, al- balances” in City Hall if he Donovan — he joins Bay Ridge should be upfront and honest open Council seat — initially though his true allegiance is were to win, but it’s obvious resident Mike Decillis, Staten about his true party loyalties.” backed Gov. 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All the good stores are gone. during recovery. And now, for the more years under contracts that were disgusting actions. The Motion Pic- Recently, in mid morning, I walked fl ip side. Where was your prom- negotiated in good faith with their em- ture Academy did the right thing by under the construction sidewalk cover ised “Blue” issue to highlight men’s ployers with the promise and the un- booting Weinstein out of the group, for the new building at 16th, when I health issues, just as devastating? derstanding that they would receive but how come Mel Gibson was never almost reached the end, there were I visited a nursing home recently “X” amount of dollars each month dur- removed for his vile anti-Semitic out- homeless men sleeping there. These to fi nd the ratio of older patients, 10 ing their golden years. If the governor bursts? How come, Emil Jannings, are in addition to the regular panhan- women to one man. While those odds could get his hands on that money to who was the fi rst to win the best actor dlers under the subway. were all too desirable when I was a fund his other programs, he may not Oscar for “The Way of All Flesh,” and Under the subway are the bicycle much younger, it starkly outlines have to fund the retirement system as “The Last Command,” in 1927, never racks. The ground there is absolutely an important statistic. Men die at a it is presently funded and the pensions had his Oscar rescinded? When Hitler disgusting. It looks like it hasn’t been much younger age than women. As of every public employee in New York came to power, Jannings returned to cleaned since the year 1. I went to Coun- the old joke goes; “Why do husbands state and then what has happened in Germany and made propaganda fi lms cilman Deutsch’s offi ce to see what die before their wives? They want to! California and other states could also for Goebbels and the other pieces of could be done about that. I was given a Seriously, men are affl icted with happen here. Pension benefi ts might garbage of the horrible regime. In the lot of double talk, about angle parking, cancers; heart problems and diseases be cut by 20 percent or more to keep case of Jannings, especially, all de- etc. The fellow I spoke to (and out of the of all strains, and the coverage of our the funds viable. cent people should demand that his goodness of my heart I won’t mention issues are barely a pittance compared Remember what happened to So- Oscar be rescinded. After all, many his name) told me that Councilman to the fairer sex. No marches or pro- cial Security over the years. The poli- are demanding the removal of certain hired people to work for the summer cessions, at least from my standpoint, ticians got their hands on that money statues which they fi nd offensive. Jan- and it is being taken care of. Really? highlighting our health issues, look- — our money — they “borrowed” it , to nings turned his back on the nation I hope they aren’t getting paid with ing for funding for cures. be repaid. It has never been repaid and that had once honored him. Disgust- government money. The Business Im- I am sure that doctors, hospitals now they say Social Security must be ing man. Ed Greenspan provement District cleaning man tries and clinics would love to sponsor a reformed or it will go bankrupt is as Sheepshead Bay hard but is fi ghting a losing battle. He “Blue” issue and hopefully, sometime little as 20 years. Well, duh! — if they needs help, and a lot of it. He is outnum- in the future, they will come together pay back what they “borrowed” the Prescription for VA bered. Almost every traffi c light pole to help out the male population of the fund wouldn’t be in trouble in the fi rst To the editor, has several bags of garbage around city. Robert W. Lobenstein place, now would it? The words “trust” Having watched the Brooklyn them. Some may be residential, some Marine Park and “politicians” cannot be used in News on Channel 12 this morning, a look like i is from the sores. I have seen the same sentence, unless the word, health care worker at a VA hospital stacks of papers near the curb in front The answer? Vote! “don’t” is used as the fi rst word. Espe- said that there is a 50 percent short- of some stores. Maybe they don’t want To the editor, cially if you are a public employee or age of doctors as well as health aide to pay for garbage pick-up. Curtis Sliwa and Bob Capano ap- retiree, you would have to be totally, workers and they are being forced to The one public garage there was has parently think that a constitutional certifi ably crazy to give that much work on their days off as well as pos- been torn down for some new stores, so convention for New York state would power to any politician, especially one sible a double shift which is hard on parking on, and around, the Highway be a great thing and all our problems who wants to steal your future. There these workers as well as harmful to is a nightmare. New apartment build- in Albany would be solved. It sounds are some other things mentioned in the their patients. I agree. ings are up, and more being built; they too good to be true — because it is. I op-ed which could be changed by the About 23 years ago I attended a local don’t have adequate parking. agree 100 percent with them that poli- Legislature, if the voters showed their meeting where the then-Congressman Something, and a lot of it, has to ticians need to be watched like hawks, elected offi cials that we are watching Chuck Schumer addressed his constit- be done. Rowena Lachant to keep them honest. The corruption them like hawks, and got up and voted. uents. I asked him why the federal gov- Homecrest in Albany is legendary, but a consti- These bozos count on the fact that they ernment could not fi nance a medical tutional convention is not the fi x that could be elected if only 30 percent of school for bright but indigent students He’s thinking pink they are telling us it would be. registered voters actually voted. That who could not afford to become doctors To the editor, What is needed —very badly — is is outrageous! 30 percent deciding who because they did not have the fi nan- A wonderful “Pink” issue of the for the voters to get up off their butts will run City Hall, the state Capitol or cial means, where they would be serv- Courier. and get to their polling places on elec- Congressional, Senate seats or judge- ing in the military for fi ve years upon I enjoyed the informative pink tion day. Voter apathy is rampant in ships? Machine politics and voting graduation and completion of their in- women’s health issue of your news- this city and this state, and to a lesser along party lines have to go. That has ternship and residency. paper. It pretty much covered every- extent, the whole nation. Our gover- been the ruination of New York state The then-congressman told me it thing from breast and other devas- nor is pushing the people to vote for a and city politics for over 150 years. One was introduced but did not clear the constitutional convention, con-con for thing is painfully certain. We will (and House Commerce Committee. Why short. Anyone who trusts the gover- we do) have the government that we can’t this measure be reintroduced and nor to do the right thing by the people deserve. We need to look past the “D”, signed by the President, [under which] LET US HEAR FROM YOU of New York state is smoking some re- “R”, or “L” identifi ers behind a can- the doctors who [are] under [such a] Submit letters to: Vince DiMiceli, Edi- ally good stuff. Why did he dissolve the didate’s name and vote for whom we government plan would be bound to tor, Community Newspaper Group, 1 Moreland Commission to root out cor- believe will be the best candidate for work wherever they are called for fi ve MetroTech Center North, Brooklyn, NY ruption in Albany when the investiga- everyone. Yes, there are problems in years. Either that or [mandate that] tion got too close to his offi ce? There’s Albany but the biggest problem is vot- these government medical graduates 11201, or e-mail to editorial@cnglocal. a great, big red fl ag. Furthermore, ers who do not vote. pay back the cost of their education to com. Please include your address and like some other governors before him, David F. Podesta Uncle Sam. If President Trump truly telephone number for so we can con- Gov. Cuomo would just love to get his Marine Park cares about veterans he should push fi rm you sent the letter. We reserve hands on the money that is sitting in for such legislation and if that fails he the right to edit all correspondence, the New York state and city Employ- New, and old, shame should issue executive order just as he which becomes the property of ees Pension Funds. There are liter- To the editor, is doing to try to repeal Obama Care. 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Even the American tered sex offenders pouncing cars in a circle and open up the teeth, digestive systems, and Academy of Pediatrics is still on pint-sized pirates and prin- trunks, which are decorated future fi gures, trotted out by insisting that “a responsible cesses, she was shocked to fi nd and fi lled with candy. Nothing marketers trying to foist upon adult should closely examine not only was there no bump in wrong with that new tradition, us everything from Halloween all treats.” the numbers, the day was actu- except that it is edging out the toothbrushes (a substitute for But why? How many de- ally remarkably low in crimes far older one of kids walking sugar) to probiotic treats (I kid cades of disproving this mur- against kids. In fact, she said, around their neighborhood, you not), to low-cal substitutes derous myth do America’s doc- RHYMES “We thought about calling it, not just a parking lot, and do- and vegan candy corn. tors require before they lay it ‘Halloween: The Safest Day of ing it on their own, not under As if Mary Janes weren’t to rest? Joel Best, a sociologist WITH CRAZY the Year.’ ” the watchful eyes of a gaggle of bad enough! at the University of Delaware, So Patch publishing the grown-ups. (By the way, commercial fi rst put a stake through the Lenore Skenazy addresses of registrants may Trunk or treat is a perfect candy corn isn’t vegan. You poison candy rumor all the sound responsible, but it is example of modern day child- have to make the vegan stuff way back in 1985, when he did loween fun. scaring families with one ex- hood. We have taken away all yourself, which sounds only a study of newspapers dating We trot out plenty of other ceedingly rare tragedy, and the independence of the most slightly less dreary than trunk back to 1958, looking for “Child threadbare fears, too. Last reinforcing the false idea that liberating holiday of the year or treating.) poisoned by Halloween candy” week, Patch USA reminded anyone registered as a sex of- and replaced it with something Holidays always evolve. news stories. its readers of a girl murdered fender is an insatiable monster. that grown-ups may feel is just Sleighs evolve into SUVs, taffy He found none — because in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, by In truth, the number of people as good — plenty of candy — apples evolve into fun-size there were none. One time, a a man later referred to as the on the registry who commit even though so many thrilling Snickers. But trick or treating boy in Texas did die of a poi- Halloween Killer. 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Photo by Georgine Benvenuto moderator Alex Conti — DEBATE on police reform, afford- Continued from page 23 able housing, illegal con- done,” Capano said. versions, and education, Capano further at- but the lively crowd of at- tacked his fellow conser- tendees also demanded vative later on, claiming that the candidates take he and other taxpayers a stand on some of the had paid for Quaglione’s most divisive cultural career in politics. and political issues of “You have spent your the day. entire life on the taxpay- In response to an au- er’s dime, so therefore I dience question, Quagli- hope I get a nice Christ- one and Capano reiter- mas card from you ated that they would vote since I’ve paid your sal- for President Trump ary your whole life,” he again if the election told the former Golden were today — positions staffer. that elicited strong ap- But in fact, all three plause in the auditorium candidates have political — while Brannan main- pasts: Capano, who vied tained his support for for the Republican nom- Hillary Clinton. ination in the primary , And in response to worked as a senior aide a question regarding for former Democratic Mayor DeBlasio’s com- Borough presidents mission to review all Marty Markowitz and city monuments for pos- Howard Golden, as well sible offensiveness, Ca- as for Rep. 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Brannan the commission, calling worked as the director of it “political correctness communications and leg- on steroids.” Brannan islative affairs and then said he agreed with the chief of staff for the term- formation of the com- limited incumbent Coun- mission but opposed tak- cilman Vincent Gentile ing down the statue of (D–Bay Ridge), and then Christopher Columbus worked for the city’s De- at Columbus Circle, and MAX partment of Education, Quaglione said that he beginning in May 2015. opposed both the com- Quaglione began work- mission and the possible ing for Golden in 1997, removal of the statue. when Golden was run- The highly engaged ning for the same seat. audience also sparred Quaglione also se- with each other and the cured the Conservative moderator towards the and Independent party end of the debate, calling lines once John Bruno on Conti to ask follow-up handed them over to him questions on the candi- after the primary in fa- date’s positions on NFL vor of a run for a judge- players kneeling during ship on the State’s Su- the national anthem and preme Court. complaining that he did Audience members not ask the questions he submitted more than 40 received exactly as they questions — relayed by had been written. 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Out of those 20 top fi nishes, Green broke eight national records — six indi- Corps values vidual and two team. “He shot amazing this sum- HARBOR WATCH appreciate what I do,” Scott mer — probably the best any- “I’m never going to hold any- said. “This is a lifestyle. This one has ever performed in the thing back. If they want to is what I live, breathe, sleep history of the USAMU Service learn something they are go- and eat. This is what I do.” Rifl e Team … at least since ing to earn it. I want to get The Corps’ martial arts I’ve have been here the last them to where I am at. I don’t program combines hand- 18 years,” Army Sgt. 1st class mind if they surpass me. I to-hand and close-quarter Shane Barnhart said. want them to surpass me. I techniques with lessons on Green, from Bogalusa, La., want them to be the best,” warrior ethos, leadership has been a winning member of said Marine Corps Cpl. Jody and teamwork. Program in- the team since 2004. This year, Scott, a martial arts program structors must pass a gruel- he said, his adjustments paid TAKING A BREAK: Army Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Green, takes notes af- instructor with Headquar- ing 15-day course to earn the big dividends. ter fi ring his service rifl e at Camp Perry, Ohio, during the National Rifl e ters and Support Battalion, instructor’s tab on their belt matches in July, 2017. Maj. Michelle Lunato Marine Corps Installations and the right to train other Clear plan of action Pacifi c-Marine Corps Base Marines. “I changed my mental I simply focused on breaking he added. “We have all the Camp Butler, Okinawa, Ja- game up a little bit this year, the best shots I could — each equipment. So the shooter is pan. Marine Corps pride, kind of approaching each and and every shot. That was my the weak link.” Scott is a Harrison Town- service to others every shot with a clear plan of main focus.” ship, Mich., native, whose Scott emphasizes to stu- action,” he said. “And, it’s re- Staying focused on one shot Staying in the game unselfi shness makes him dents to make the most out of ally paid off.” at a time allowed the Service “The equipment is very, one of the most sought-out their service in the Marine This change involved tak- Rifl e Team soldier to trust his very good these days, so it’s ev- martial arts instructors on Corps. ing notes on how he felt, what gear, trust his experience and ery man for himself up there,” Okinawa. Marines who take His students take it to results he achieved and what trust his skill, and that trust Green said. his class emerge as stronger, heart, and many begin vol- techniques he used in various freed him up for even more “You are shoulder-to-shoul- better fi ghters with sharp- unteering with the local and situations, Green explained. success. der with the best there are in ened minds. Scott teaches military community more of- “When I got off track, I went “When you take away a lot your particular discipline. two to three separate Marine ten. back and read my notes and of the worries that you have, So it’s all about how you can Corps Martial Arts Program “Once they put that pride really got back into it. I fo- it really opens your path up to drive the rifl e and mentally classes each month. into how they look into their cused on the shot and the rifl e, do the right thing at the right stay in the game.” Scott said he intends to uniform, it transfers into ev- not the outcome,” he added. “I time.” For those who debate the continue to selfl essly dedi- erything that they do,” Scott think that’s what really helped With advanced technology recent use of optics in some cate his time to teaching the said. me out this year.” improving the gear and the competitive matches, the 13- Marine Corps Martial Arts “They earn their belt “Anytime you step onto a rules changing to allow optics year-veteran of the Service Program, making elite warf- and they have that sense of rifl e range, you are going to in some matches, fi nding that Rifl e Team agrees that it is “a ighters and better-rounded accomplishment that they focus on something,” he said. self-control has become the different game now.” Marines and citizens. haven’t had since they earned “You are either going to worry key to continued success in “It takes a lot more to break their eagle, globe and anchor about your gear, the weather, the high-powered sport, Green good shots with iron sights,” ‘This is what I want at boot camp. I love seeing or this or that. I tried to take said. “We have the best equip- Green said. “It just does. But to do’ the progression of what they myself out of that completely. ment, best rifl es, best ammu- optics are the new norm. They “I can’t just stop. They were to what they are now.” I didn’t worry about anything. nition, and best glass (optics),” are not going away.” MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 45 Following in Dad’s Army Boots HARBOR WATCH The wide, beaming smile fl ashing across Army Sgt. 1st Class Jaime Guerra’s face was impossible to ignore. Unfolding before him was an oath of enlistment he had never expected to see — that of his own son, Anthony. Along with his wife, Mayra, and other son, Joshua, Guerra watched with pride as Anthony was sworn into the Army Sept. 21 by Capt. Eugene Lee, commander of the Phoenix West Recruiting UNVEILING: Guest speakers for Sir Alan Cobham’s Air Mobility Command Walk of Fame induction ceremony Company at the Phoenix Mil- itary Entrance Processing take the bust honoring him from under wraps at his memorial ceremony on Oct. 5, 2017, at Scott Air Force Base, Center. Guerra, a recruiter Ill. Airman 1st Class Tara Stetler at the Arrowhead Recruiting Center, said seeing Anthony join the Army is bittersweet, SWORN IN: Anthony Guerra, 17, but as a recruiter and father, takes the oath of enlistment, he couldn’t be prouder. following in the footsteps of his A true visionary “At the same time my pa- dad, Army Sgt. First Class Jaime ternal instincts kick in, how- Guerra. Alun Thomas ever, and I think: ‘This is my Tech savvy inventor way ahead of his time boy and I don’t want to see him thing, he always fi nishes it. in danger,”’ Guerra said. “But “He told me he wants to do 20 HARBOR WATCH Retired Gen. Duncan Mc- thousands of missions world- I’m extremely proud of him years in the Army and I be- The Airlift-Tanker Associa- Nabb, a former AMC com- wide,” McNabb said. and the path he’s chosen.” lieve that’s exactly what he’s tion honored Sir Alan Cobham mander from 2005 to 2007, In 1934 he founded Flight going to do — he’s just that as their 28th Hall of Fame in- highlighted several of Cob- Refueling Limited, now Future artilleryman type of person,” Guerra said. ductee Oct. 5, 2017, as they held ham’s accomplishments that known as Cobham PLC, one of Guerra said Anthony Guerra said he never an unveiling ceremony of his followed his military service the United Kingdom’s greatest chose the military occupa- pushed Anthony to join the bust, now located in Scott Air and how they impacted the aerospace companies, where tional specialty of 13B, a Army, with the decision being Force Base’s Walk of Fame Air Force and air mobility. he developed aerial refueling cannon crewmember, which made of his son’s own volition. area. He explained that Cob- equipment. By 1939, FRL had didn’t come as a complete “I never bought it up once; “Sir Cobham had a way ham was a true aviation pio- perfected the looped hose sys- shock to his father. especially when I became of seeing the future before it neer who shaped the mobility tem that was used to support “When Anthony was a recruiter,” he explained. was there,” said Gen. Carlton world, especially the air refu- 16 nonstop transatlantic mail younger he didn’t want any- Guerra said although living D. Everhart II, Air Mobility eling world. missions. thing to do with the Army, the Army lifestyle has been Command commander. “He “(Refueling) is the corner- “Sir Alan Cobham set the because I was always gone, diffi cult for Anthony and the understood the limitations of stone behind our Air Force’s foundation for air refueling whether in the fi eld or de- rest of his family, with many fl ight and saw the value of air mobility to provide global with the invention of ‘dangle ployed,” Guerra said. “He family moves and deploy- refueling before most of the reach and global power for our and grab’ and altered the fu- would always say: ‘You’re ments, his son has always world.” nation and gives our country ture of military operations never here. Why would I want coped well with change. Cobham was recognized one of its greatest asymmetric with the creation of ‘probe and to be in the military?’ But “Right now, Anthony is in as an aviation pioneer and a advantages: the strategic abil- drogue.’ as he got older and we would his third high school and elev- signifi cant contributor to air ity to move.” His vision for air refueling talk about my experiences in enth school overall,” Guerra mobility. Through his historic In 1930, Cobham was ap- was vital to military victory the Army and in combat, his said. “But he’s done really air refueling experiments, he proached by Hessell Tiltman in the Korean War and every mindset started changing into well with all the change. He’s earned his pilot wings with and Nevil Norway to invest in single confl ict since,” said Mc- a combat arms direction.” quiet and thoughtful. Watch- the Royal Air Force during Airspeed Limited. The follow- Nabb. Watching his father’s ca- ing my little boy up there World War I and became fa- ing year he ordered two 10-pas- In March 1949, four KC-29M reer progress was certainly swearing in made me real- mous as a pioneer of long-dis- senger, three-engine biplanes, tankers using FRL refueling an inspiration for Anthony to ize he isn’t little anymore,” tance aviation, setting many which were the fi rst powered equipment supported the fi rst join, Guerra said, with his suc- Guerra said. aviation records. aircraft built by Airspeed. By nonstop, around the world cess rubbing off on his son. In 1921 he made a 5,000-mile 1933, Cobham tried in-fl ight fl ight of a B-50 bomber. “He’s seen my [17-year] ca- ‘I felt proud air tour of Europe. From Nov. refueling using a Handley In May 1952, KB-29 tankers reer and how well I’ve done reciting the oath’ 16, 1925, to March 13, 1926, he Page W-10 bomber, lowering refueled 12 F-84E fi ghters on in it … I think he wants that “I felt proud reciting the made a trip from London to a hose to an AS-5 Courier. Al- the fi rst combat mission to use success as well,” Guerra said. oath. I’m doing something Cape Town, South Africa and though successful, the project aerial refueling. “He wants to be enlisted and only one percent of the na- back. And in 1926, he set off on was never put into practice. The system that fi rst saw then become an offi cer, just tion does, so I want to do my a fl ight from the River Medway “When others said aerial use in 1949 was so far ahead of to surpass me so I’ll have to part,” Anthony said. in England to Australia. Upon refueling was unnecessary, its time that it was put on ev- salute him one day … but in “It felt even better with his return he was awarded the unfeasible or unsafe, he over- ery refueler that was built and all seriousness he wants to my dad watching, because he Gold Air Medal by the Fédéra- came professional objectives fl own for the majority of the lead the military life.” serves as well and I’m follow- tion Aéronautique Interna- and engineering obstacles and next century. ing in his footsteps.” tionale. Following the war, he invented safe operational air Cobham PLC played a key Proud father The chance to serve his became the fi rst aviator to suc- refueling products and tech- role in the development of air Guerra praised Anthony’s country played an important cessfully conduct a round-trip niques. Today this capability refueling and continues to determination, stating once part in deciding to join, he fl ight to India. is routinely used daily during blaze a trail into the future. he puts his mind to some- said. 46 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 MBRBG ADVERTORIAL TOP DRIVER DISTRACTIONS Using mobile phones phone conversations. The haps they’re checking out chewing gum at the same a rest area and spend 10 Leading the list of the use of a hands-free device a house in a new neighbor- time may want to avoid minutes snacking there top distractions behind the does not lower distraction hood or thought they saw eating while driving. The before resuming the wheel are mobile phones. levels. The percentage of someone they knew on the majority of foods require a trip. Phones now do more than vehicle crashes and near- street corner. 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Cenac counts appearances from as “The Viceroy,” a superhero fighting to going to be awkward and uncomfortable,” The weekly Gowanus comedy Chris Rock and Michelle Wolf as some of protect the borough from gentrification. he said. “To some degree talking about Hshow “Night Train with Wyatt his fondest memories. Each of the 10-minute episodes follows those things will I hope at least promote Cenac” will come to an end on Nov. 6, Cenac said he has not yet worked out Cenac through a heightened version of his some sort of discussion, some thoughtful- after five years at neighborhood venue the details of his final three shows, but day-to-day routine, including checking ness as those changes happen.” Littlefield. But the show’s host says you do he expects them to be full of recurring out a new shop that only sells mustard, The entertainer will have a chance not need to feel sorry for him — it’s just guests, special surprises, and a lot of doing yoga, and confronting parents who to explore the topic further in his newly time to call it quits. laughs. drink at bars with their babies, along with announced Home Box Office network “It felt like it was time,” said Wyatt “We’re going to have the same kind his heroic nighttime adventures breaking 10-episode docu-series, produced by Cenac. “We took a lot of pride in the show of fun we’ve been having for the last five up a stroller theft ring. comedian and talk show host John Oliver. and were happy to have over 500 different years and leave with happy memories for Cenac says that the scenes featuring The new late-night show is still in devel- comedians take part, but it feels like you us and open the door for what’s going to an influx of new residents and businesses opment, but fans can expect to see Cenac kind of want to walk away before comedi- come later,” he said. reflect the weird adjustments happening use his satirical news skills to delve into ans don’t want to do the show, or the audi- In 2015, six episodes of the show were all over Brooklyn, and that it is important important issues. ence doesn’t want to come to the show.” recorded for online streaming service to call out those moments out instead of Night Train” at Littlefield (635 Sackett The Fort Greene jokester, best known Seeso ., so those who miss the comedian sweeping them under the rug. St. between Third and Fourth avenues for his stint as a correspondent on “The can catch up on those episodes, or look for “It’s one of those things that no matter in Gowanus, www.littlefieldnyc.com). Daily Show,” has welcomed many high his brand new six-part web series , “Aka where you go, places are experiencing Mondays at 8 pm until Nov. 6. $5. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20-26, 2017 49 NIGHTS OUT WITH THE LIVING DEAD Celebrate Halloween with zombies By Bill Roundy et down with the dead! Nothing says Halloween Glike shambling hordes of brain-eating zombies! This month, In the eye of the beholder: Artist Peter Patchen holds up his piece, the borough will be overrun with “Gnaw,” which he will display during Gowanus Open Studios, hap- undead hordes of the singing, danc- pening on Oct. 21 and 22. Photo by Jason Speakman ing and dying variety. Here are some of the best undead options: Dead drunk It’s artwork This drink will leave you sham- bling! A new tiki bar in Prospect- with a bite! Lefferts Gardens is pouring the per- fect Halloween drink: the Zombie! Creepy art has a message The brains behind Flatbush Zombie House came up with a novel way By Julianne Cuba using technology, and at this to serve the popular punch, said the e’s giving his eye- time, everything becomes bar’s owner. teeth for this show. political as everything should “What makes it ‘us’, kind of H A Prospect be — even in our politics, are irreverent and fun, is that we serve Horde of two: The Flatbush Zombie House Heights artist who uses we eating or are we being it in a skull, and we serve it with serves its signature Zombie punch in a three-dimensional printing eaten?” 32-ounce or 11-ounce skull — but only gummi brains on top, soaked in to create creepy sculptures Having an orange-haired the big version gets topped with a flaming absinthe,” said Josh Kaplan, who lime. Stage Fright (left) will play a late- filled with teeth, skulls, and man for president is more lives in Flatbush. night show in Bushwick on Oct. 28. eyeballs will show off his terrifying than Patchen’s The potent beverage is served in Photo by Caleb Caldwell latest work during the annu- work could ever be, he said. a ceramic skull, and is made with a al Gowanus Open Studios “The scariest monster variety of different rums, falernum, “Zombie Prom” at House of Yes event on Oct. 21–22. Peter is in the White House, as bitters, and a splash of absinthe. (2 Wyckoff Ave. at Jefferson Street Patchen says that his piece far as I’m concerned,” said Rather than forcing bartenders to in Bushwick, www.houseofyes.org). “Gnaw” combines elements Patchen. mix the elaborate drink from scratch Oct. 26 at 10 pm. Free. of the dead, with its rust- In another piece, twins every time, Kaplan pre-makes giant Screams on screen like coloring and broken jaw, staring at a moth evoke ques- batches of the punch and keeps it in with a wide open, shiny eye tions of different values com- a keg, so bartenders can pour it on Catch up on the classic canon of that gives it life. ing into conflict, he said. demand. zombie flicks! The restaurant and “When something rusts “No matter how identical “The Zombie is probably our movie theater Syndicated BK will or oxidizes it just gives it they are, they are never going most popular drink, and when we are screen a whole night of movies star- that feeling of decay or age, to quite see that moth in moving at full speed, it saves a lot of ring the living dead, starting with but then within that there’s the same way,” said Patchen. time and hassle,” said Kaplan. an all-zombie tribute to The Band “28 Days Later” — which kicked something sort of alive, “It’s conflicting viewpoints, The bar, located in the newly starting at 1 am. Known in life as the off the “fast zombie” craze of the there’s this eye or a mouth and no matter how much the designated “Little Caribbean” neigh- blues band Mama Juke, the half-past early aughts, followed by George with teeth, but when you same we are, we start to tear borhood, also gives the drink a local dead four-piece will play Band hits Romero’s original “Night of the look at them they are in the each other apart.” twist by using house-made bitters including “The Weight” and “The Living Dead” from 1968. wrong place, the upper jaw Patchen and his frighten- made from mauby root, a flavor Night they Drove Old Dixie Down.” “28 Days Later” and “Night of is the lower teeth and back- ing pieces are among about often used in Caribbean sodas. Before midnight, visitors can hear the Living Dead” at Syndicated BK wards,” said Patchen, who 350 Gowanus displays going Those drinking with a horde of David Bowie tribute act Starman, (40 Bogart St. at Thames Street in lives in Prospect Heights. up during the weekend event, friends — or willing to face a skull- along with local acts Watergate and Bushwick, www.syndicatedbk.com). “The eye sort of suggests including Brooklyn native splitting amount of rum — can opt Dirty Bird, enjoy one free drink $4 each. Oct. 26 at 7 pm and 9:30 that it’s still alive, but it’s not Susan Handwerker’s ceram- for the $25 version served in a giant with entrance, and join in a costume pm. really clear.” ics, Lisa Lincoln’s anthro- glass skull, which holds a whopping contest. Double tap! Patchen’s work seems pomorphic pottery, and Gil 32 ounces of the tropical potion. Rock is Dead at Unit J (338 perfect for the spooky Kuno’s absurd mixed media The bar will celebrate Halloween Moffat St., unit J, between Irving and The only good zombie is a dead Halloween season, but it is pieces. with a zombie costume contest on Knickerbocker avenues in Bushwick, zombie! Deader than usual, that is! designed to make a politi- Peter Patchen (540 Saturday, Oct. 28 at 9 pm. www.unitjbushwick.com). Oct. 28 at 9 Head down to Coney Island for the cal statement about human President St. between Third Zombie punch at Flatbush Zombie pm. $20 ($12 in advance). dark ride “Stop the Zombies!” where suffering and people being and Fourth avenues in House (734 Flatbush Ave. between Dead can dance you can strap on a set of 3-D glasses metaphorically eaten alive, Gowanus, www.artsgowanus. Parkside and Woodruff avenues in for a fully immersive experience he said. org). Oct. 21–22; noon–6 pm. Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, www.face- Grown-ups are always grumbling where you hoist your laser pistol and “What’s happening in the Free. Gowanus Open Studio book.com/rompinshop). Open Mon– about brain-dead teenagers — but if mow down incoming hordes of the current political climate for opening party at Brooklyn Thu, 4 pm–4 am; Fri–Sat, noon–4 you can’t beat ’em, join ’em! Dress undead. me is unbelievable, I find SolarWorks (200 Sixth St. am. $11 ($25 for a giant bowl). as a zombified high school student “Stop the Zombies” at Deno’s myself thinking about it between Second and Third Zombies rock! and celebrate “Zombie Prom” at the Wonder Wheel Park [3059 Denos all the time,” said Patchen. avenues in Gowanus), Oct. House of Yes! The undead affair will Vourderis Pl. near Surf Avenue in “So it’s really part of this 20; 7–10 pm. Free. 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A Carroll Gardens cartoonist Iknown for creating world-shak- ing heroes will take his action to a smaller stage this month, with an existential drama about an angel of death opening at the Brick Theater Three men in a Tubman: J.T. Lewis, Brandon Ross, and Melvin Gibbs, of the in Williamsburg on Oct. 28. Artist- Harriet Tubman jazz trio, will perform a late-night set at Bric JazzFest on turned-playwright Dean Haspiel Oct. 21. Michael Halsband says that his show “Harakiri Kane (Die! Die, Again)” explores more interpersonal issues than the epic Freeing jazz battles he has depicted in comics like “The Red Hook.” “One way I describe comics is Local trio breaks genres there’s an unlimited budget with By Julianne McShane Derrick May, along with the a blank piece of paper and you all it a blow for freedom! attitude of the 1960s and the can draw anything you want,” he A Brooklyn trio borough of Brooklyn. Ross said said. “But in theater it’s live, and Cnamed after 19th centu- that he considers Kings County it involves a collection of people Die hard: Actors Alex Emanuel as Harry Kane, left, and Linus Gelber as Joe, rehearse ry abolitionist Harriet Tubman a transformative place for jazz. basically interpreting your words a bar scene from Dean Haspiel’s play “Harakiri Kane (Die! Die, Again),” debuting at will lead the audience on a “Brooklyn is the current — there’s a lot more talking going the Brick on Oct. 28. Photo by Caleb Caldwell musical journey during a late- frontier for jazz, and I think for on in theater, but in comics there’s a who he is, how he died, and what of encountering more death on night set at the annual three-day younger artists, it’s one of the lot more action.” keeps him in the mortal realm. the strets. A move to the peace- Bric JazzFest Marathon on Oct. places where they can still live,” His play follows boxer Harry Haspiel was inspired to write ful streets of Brooklyn’s Carroll 21. The musicians of the Harriet Ross said. Kane, nicknamed “Harakiri” after the story after a series of morbid Gardens broke the chain of deadly Tubman trio fuse elements of G ibbs g r ew up i n D it m a s Pa rk the Japanese word for suicide encounters while he was living on incidents, and Haspiel channelled jazz, rock, funk, and electronic and now lives in Williamsburg, because people around him keep the distant isle of Manhattan in the his feelings into the initial script for music to form their signature and said that the borough helped dying. But soon he realizes that he 1990s. His frequent brushes with “Harakiri,” originally intended as sound, a musical medley that him form his unique musical sees so much death because he is in hit-and-runs, suicides, and vehicu- a movie script, then a comic book, challenges audiences to think style. the afterlife. lar accidents started to affect his and finally a stage play. outside of traditional genres, “I’m really a product of the “In his encounters he realizes psyche, he said. “Harakiri Kane (Die! according to the band’s drum- way Brooklyn was when I was that people all around him are dying “Every time I would step out Die, Again)” at the Brick [579 mer. a kid,” he said. “My style is within five minutes of meeting him,” the door, someone was getting hit Metropolitan Ave. between “If they hear a texture of very particular, it wouldn’t have said Haspiel. “He died a year ago and by a car or jumping off a building, Lorimer Street and Union Avenue music that’s not familiar to came together anywhere else on doesn’t know it, and he’s like this and I felt so many feelings clumped in Williamsburg, (718) 907–6189, them, automatically that chal- the planet. There were people angel of death with amnesia.” together,” said Haspiel. www.bricktheater.com]. Opens Oct. lenges you to sit there and think, from all over the world living The play then becomes a murder- In response, the usually active 28 at 8 pm and continues though ‘What am I hearing?’” said J.T. there.” mystery, as Kane tries to discover artist started staying inside, afraid Nov. 20 at various times. $20. Lewis, a Bedford-Stuyvesant At the Bric performance, resident. “It goes back to the the band plans to play tracks naming of the band — it’s about from its latest album, including freedom to think for yourself, “President Obama’s Speech at Bay Ridge’s star-studded weekend! cutting the chains from what the Selma Bridge,” composed holds them back to think for by Wadada Leo Smith, the By Julianne McShane the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and themselves. We try to challenge Pulitzer Prize-finalist trum- here will be stars on the the Eagles, among others. our audience to come along with peter and composer who acts stage and streaking across And on Sunday, rest your ears us — be free.” as the band’s mentor; “Real Tthe sky in Bay Ridge! while your eyes do the work — The group, which also Cool Killers,” dedicated to On Friday, dance on over to catch sight of the annual Orionoid includes electric bassist Melvin crime novelist Chester Himes; the Danish Athletic Club (735 meteor shower from Owl’s Head Gibbs and guitarist, banjoist, and “Nina Simone,” named for 65th St. between Seventh and Park (68th Street and Colonial and vocalist Brandon Ross, first the American soul singer and Eighth avenues) for a musical Road). The Urban Park Rangers joined forces in 1998. Ross, who activist. tribute to Bing Crosby. Crooner will have binoculars and telescopes lives in Prospect Heights, said The three-day JazzFest Martin McQuade will honor the on hand to help Ridgites spot the that the band was inspired to Marathon, which started on Oct. 40th anniversary of the Danish- Orionoid meteors — the debris left honor Tubman because of her 19, will feature more than 20 per- American “old groaner” passing in the wake of the famous Halley’s status as a trailblazer and free- formers, including jazz vocalist away by serenading the audience Comet. This year, the meteors are dom-seeker — qualities they try Regina Carter singing hits from with some of his most famous supposed to be most visible on to emulate through their music. her Ella Fitzgerald tribute album hits, including “Cheek to Cheek,” Sunday, the middle of the three- “I think the relevance, the “Ella: Accentuate the Positive,” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” day period when the Earth passes significance of Harriet Tubman on Oct. 20, and funk and soul and “White Christmas,” while Dan through the stream of the comet’s hits on a whole lot of levels,” he saxophonist Maceo Parker ear- Furman accompanies on the piano. debris. Starting at 8 pm, park rang- said. “But we weren’t trying to lier on Oct. 21. The free three-hour show kicks off ers will show Ridgites how to make a feminist statement, we Harriet Tubman at Bric House at 8:30 pm, and although the Club’s side of the North Sea when London spot these fast and faint meteors, were making a human state- (647 Fulton St. at Rockwell dinner reservations stop at 8 pm, Fogg takes the stage for a free 10 which typically flash across the ment, a creative statement.” Place in Fort Greene, www.bri- the bar will be open all night. pm show. The seven-piece Staten sky about 20 times an hour, travel- The band’s musical influ- cartsmedia.org). Oct. 21 at 10:15 On Saturday night, take a stroll Island band plays hits from the ’60s ing 41 miles per second, and the ences are too diverse to count, pm. $30 ($25 in advance). 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TELECHARGE.COM | 212-239-6200 | CURVYWIDOW.COM (718) 368-5596 | www.OnStageAtKingsborough.org Westside Theatre (Upstairs) 407 West 43rd Street, NYC Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20-26, 2017 53 life and death. $15–$25. 8 FRI, OCT. 20 pm. Roulette [509 Atlantic ART, LOST BROOKLYN: Ave. at Third Avenue in Free access to Historical Boerum Hill, (917) 267– Society galleries, and cold 0363], www.roulette.org. beer. Free. 5 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pier- THURS, OCT. 26 repont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) FILM, “THE GOLEM” WITH 222–4111], www.brooklyn- A LIVE SCORE: The 1920 history.org. silent fi lm screens with a live soundtrack from gui- MUSIC, LIFE IS SO PECU- tarist Gary Lucas. $15. 7 LIAR: Sharon Wyse sing pm. Alamo Drafthouse American pop songs from [445 Albee Square West 1919–1956. Free. 7:30 pm. between Willoughby and The Old Stone House [336 Fulton streets in Down- Third St. between Fourth town, (718) 513–2547], and Fifth avenues in Park www.drafthouse.com/nyc. Slope, (718) 768–3195], COMEDY, WHEN SCARY theoldstonehouse.org. Shark repellent: The New York Islanders will leave the San THINGS HAPPEN TO Jose Sharks behind during their match-up at Barclays Center MUSIC, STEPHEN CLAIR: FUNNY PEOPLE: Five co- Free. 11 pm. Freddy’s Bar on Oct. 21. Associated Press / Marcio Jose Sanchez medians tell their stories [627 Fifth Ave. between of otherworldly encoun- 17th and 18th streets in ters. Free. 8 pm. 61 Local COMING SOON TO Greenwood Heights, (718) (61 Bergen St. between 768–0131], www.freddys- Smith and Court streets in bar.com. Cobble Hill), www.61local. BARCLAYS CENTER com. SAT, OCT. 21 $17–$160. 7 pm FRI, OCT 20 ART, FLATBUSH ARTISTS FRI, OCT. 27 GROUP OPEN HOUSE: SPORTS, BROOKLYN Step by step: The “American Dance Spectacular!” will lead COMEDY, PASTA AND TUE, OCT 31 Visit the studios and shows NETS V ORLANDO audiences through a century of popular dances, from the PUNCHLINES AT MA- of 21 artists in Flatbush RIA’S: A complete din- MAGIC: $60–$400. SPORTS, BROOKLYN Charleston to voguing, at its Oct. 28 show at On Stage at 7:30 pm. NETS V PHOENIX and Ditmas Park. Free. ner followed by stand-up Kingsborough. Daniel C. Levine Productions SUNS: $20–$185. 7:30 Noon–6 pm. (Various loca- from Greg Rahner, Joe pm tions in Ditmas Park), www. Pontillo, Harry Freed- SAT, OCT 21 fl atbushartists.org. man. $49. 7 pm. Maria’s DANCE, DIABLO EN WIVES OF NEW YORK, Ristorante [3073 Emmons SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- THU, NOV 2 MON, OCT. 23 SCARY ISLAND”: A LANDERS V SAN JOSE BROOKLYN: A multicul- Ave. in Sheepshead Bay, READING, ALICE WATERS: staged, live reading of the SHARKS: $tba. 7 pm. MUSIC, A PERFECT CIR- tural mix of tap, modern (718) 646–6665], www. The cook and author dis- iconic trip. $15–$18. 7 pm. facebook.com/MariasRes- CLE: $45–$210. 8 pm dance, and the masked tra- dition of Son de Los Diab- cusses “Coming to My Littlefi eld (635 Sackett St. turantbrooklyn. SUN, OCT 22 los from Peru. $15–$30. 8 Senses: The Making of a between Third and Fourth DANCE, “MARTHA (THE Counterculture Cook.” avenues in Gowanus), SPORTS, BROOKLYN FRI, NOV 3 pm. Roulette [509 Atlantic SEARCHERS)”: A new bal- Ave. at Third Avenue in $25 ($45 with book). 7:30 www.littlefi eldnyc.com. let by Julia K. Gleich. $25 NETS V ATLANTA MUSIC, MASTERS OF Boerum Hill, (917) 267– pm. BAM Howard Gilman MUSIC, SLAMJUNK SOUL ($15 students and seniors). HAWKS: $27–$315. CEREMONY: Featuring 0363], www.roulette.org. Opera House (30 Lafayette AT FREDDY’S: The weekly 7:30 pm. Mark Morris 3:30 pm. 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, soul night welcomes MUSIC, THE STING VARIA- Ave. between Ashland Dance Group [3 Lafayette Jeezy, and more. $76– Natalie Duffy in the back- TIONS: The Tierney Sut- Place and St. Felix Street Ave. between Nostrand $156. 8 pm. room (8 pm, $5), followed MON, OCT 23 ton Band offers fresh jazz in Fort Greene), www.bam. Avenue and Bedford Av- org. by Colin Brown’s Organ interpretations of songs enue in Fort Greene, (718) MUSIC, IMAGINE DRAG- Trio up front. Free. 8 pm. SAT, NOV 4 from rock icon Sting. $35. COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL: 624–8400], www.markmor- ONS: $39–$300. 7 pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth 8 pm. Kumble Theater The Monday night com- risdancegroup.org. SPORTS, PREMIER BOX- Ave. between 17th and at Long Island University edy show welcomes Andy ING CHAMPIONS: 18th streets in Greenwood TUE, OCT 24 [DeKalb and Flatbush av- Blitz, Che Durena, Carmen Deontay Wilder v Luis Lagala, and more. Free. Heights, (718) 768–0131], SAT, OCT. 28 SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- enues in Downtown, (718) Ortiz, $tba. 8 pm. Friends and Lovers www.freddysbar.com. DANCE, AMERICAN DANCE LANDERS V ARIZONA 488–1624], www.kumble- theater.org. (641 Classon Ave. between SPECTACULAR: A sweep- COYOTES: $tba. 7 pm. Dean and Pacifi c streets SUN, NOV 5 READING, “STAR WARS WED, OCT. 25 ing journey through the in Crown Heights), www. last century of American MADE EASY”: Author SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- fnlbk.com. DINING, CIDERMAKERS’ dance sensations, from WED, OCT 25 Christian Blauvelt hosts LANDERS V COLO- DINNER: A three-course the Charleston to Disco. an afternoon of crafts and SPORTS, BROOKLYN meal with cider pairings $32–$37. 8 pm. 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Dates Oct SALES BROOKLYN, NY 11234 23 ONLY AT: 2424 FLATBUSH AVE. 718-758-1289 Fri. Tues Oct Oct STORE HOURS 20 24 MONDAY - FRIDAY FREE 7:00AM - 12:00AM ATM Sat. Wed DELIVERY Oct Oct SATURDAY PARKING LOT 21 25 7:00AM - 10:00PM PHONE ORDERS Sun. Thurs. SUNDAY WIC - EBT - FOOD STAMPS Oct Oct 7:00AM - 9:00PM 22 26 FOOD UNIVERSE 1942 WE ACCEPT: 12 Oz Pkg ... Baked: USDA Choice Beef USDA Choice Beef Fresh Grade A Fresh Grade A Fresh Homestyle or Italian Breast Shoulder or Boneless Whole Cutlets or Whole Grain: LONDON BROIL Perdue YOUR Perdue Baked Breast Strips or Top Round SALE! Bottom Pork CHOICE! C icken W ole PerduePeP rddue London Round Spareribs C icken Drumsticks C icken Nuggetsgg Broil Roast or T ig s $199 YOUR CHOICE! t8FTUFSOt t(SBJO'FEt $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 t1PSLt ¢ ¢ lb. 2 lb. 2 lb. 1 99 lb. Jumbo Pack 99 lb. Grown By Locally Owned NewN Crop ... Bartlett Pears or 4 Ct Bag Fresh New York State Family Farms Single Pack 2 ¼” Minimum ... Fancy: Large From Mexico ... 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Must Buyy 2. 5 5 Oz Can 14.75 Oz Can 20 Oz Pkg ... 4 Pack 14.5-15.25 Oz Can 4 Lb Bag 67.6 Fl Oz Can 80 Oz Bag 4 Oz Pkg 12 Oz Squeeze Bear 26 Oz Cont In Water or Oil Bumble Bee In Water Assorted (Excludes:(E Canister) Botticelli Self-Rising Assorted UrbanUbU MMeadow Assorted BumbleB bl Bee Alaska Bumble Bee GreenG GiantGi t DominoD i Extra Virgin Aunt Jemima G irardelliG i d KeyK FFood Pink Vegetables Olive Oil Baking Honey Salt Solid ite SaSalmonlmmon C unk Lig t SugarS Flour Bars Tuna Tuna 5/$ $ 99 2/$ 2/$ 2/$ With Club Card. 5 5 9 Limit 1 Offer. 5 1 4/$ 5 $ 49 $ 99 2/$ 2/$ With Club Cl b Card. C d 1 Limit 4 Offers. Must Buy 4. 3 WithW Club Card. Limit 1 Offer. 5 5 1.5 Qt Cont 17.82-23.45 Oz Pkg 12-321 Oz Pkg ... Assorted 13-16 Oz Pkg 88R Rolloll Pack ... White 17-21 Ct Pkg ... 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Must Buyy 2. With Club Card. Limit 3 Offers. Must Buyy 2. Plus Deposit Where Applicable. 18 Oz Cont 64 Fl Oz Cont ... Whole, 16 Oz Golden Grahams 208 Fl Oz Pkg 12 Ct Box 5.3-7 Oz Cont Quick or Old Fashioned 10.8-13.1 Oz Box ... Assorted 1%,, 2% or Fat Free 322 PPackackk 23-26 Oz Can AssAssortedorted breakfast savings! Assorted Crossovers or (Excludes: Nourish) 15.6 Oz Cookie Crisp Assorted (Excludes:(Exc(Ex( ludeudes: GlutenG Free) Stony eld 16 Oz Lucky Charms oo- oo C ock full o’Nuts 59 Fl Oz Cont ... Assorted Fage Quaker Kellogg’sK ll ’ Organic 17 Oz Honey Nut Cheerios C ocolate C ock Single Serve (Excludes:( Organic)g ) 6 Oz Cont Oats Coffee Assorted Special K Milk GeneralG Mills Drinks full o’Nuts Tree Ripe NounosN Total CerealC Coffee ogurt Greek ogurt 2/$ With Club Card. Cereal $ 999 $ 99 Orange Limit 4 Offers. With Club Card. $ 99 4 Must Buy 2. 3 Limit 3 Offers. 9 JuiceJuice 5 2/$5 2/$ $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 10/$ YOUR 5 2 CHOICE! 5 1 10 With Club Cl b Card. C d Limit Li it 4 Offers. Must Buy 2. With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers. With Club Card. Limit 3 Offers. We reserve the right to limit quantities to one can or package on sale items. Items offered for sale are not available in case lots. Alcoholic beverages may not be available in all locations. We are not responsible for typographical errors. Some Items Not Available in all Locations. 1942_PG1_10-20-17 64 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 20–26, 2017 MBRBG MAX MAX