My Dear Queens Villagers,

               Keeping warm is a top priority during these cold winter months, but we must also worry about catching the flu that has been contagious throughout our community, especially to the young and the elderly. If the flu bug strikes, make sure you get the proper rest and nourishment you need to get well.

               Our meeting this month will be graced by Captain Michael Bryan, the new Commander of the 105th Precinct. He will be our guest speaker and answer questions from the floor. Come out and give Captain Bryan a warm Queens Village Civic Association welcome!

               Dues for our current civic year were due on September 1. As well as your moral support, we need your financial help to operate our civic association. If you haven’t as yet paid your current dues of $5.00, please do so. Dues can be paid at our meetings or by sending your check to the address posted in our Newsletter.

               We extend our sympathies to the family of Joseph and Mirla Rivera Nickischer on the death of Carmen Martinez de Rivera, a retired school teacher, at the age of 91. Also to the family of Marie Hayes, a longtime member of our association, who passed away this month.

               Our Educational Award applications will be available at this month’s meeting. We are proud to financially help deserving Queens Village students as they pursue their education. (See details in the news page.)

               Has education in School District 29 taken a back seat to politics? We would like to hear your views on this subject. Let’s talk at the meeting. The schools at Creedmoor are under construction, and we have to .take steps now to ensure that our area children are accepted there.

               I hope to see you on February 19. Keep warm and healthy. Celebrate Black History Month. May God bless our country.

THANKS A HEAP !

               Our newest members are Netyanand Bheamsain (215 P1), Tarit Bose (219 St), Lilawattie Sheikissoon (213 St), and Deilree Williams (221 St). Welcome aboard! We thank the 18 new members who have joined us during our current civic year and also those who have renewed their membership. You can join our association at our monthly meetings or by using the membership application form in this Newsletter. We need you to increase our strength and our clout as we fight for programs and City services to maintain and improve our quality of life.
 

              Our civic association wants to recognize and support two promising young Queens Village students with an Educational Award of $200.00 at our Annual Dinner and Installation of Officers Event on Tuesday, June 18. Eighth-graders entering high school, 12th grade students entering college or an accredited trade school, and college and accredited trade school undergraduates who live in our civic area are eligible if they have a parent, grandparent, guardian, aunt, or uncle residing in our civic area who is a member in good standing of our association as of March 20, 2002. Students who have received this award in the past two years are not eligible. Applications are available at our monthly meetings and can also be obtained by calling Educational Award Coordinator Nagassar Ramgarib at 468-2160. Applications must be mailed to the Queens Village Civic Association, Post Office Box 0766, Queens Village, New York, 11428-0766, and postmarked by May 10, 2002.