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Velocity competes in the
NYSPHSAA Championship
COACH WINSTON DINKINS
Velocity Track Club prays that everyone
take appropriate steps as outlined
by health authorities to safeguard
your health and that of your
family, friends and community due to
the coronavirus outbreak. Velocity
Track Club was scheduled to attend
the AAU Indoor National Championship
in Landover, Maryland on Friday,
March 13th and the USATF Hershey
Indoor National Championship
in Staten Island, NY on Friday, March
20th. Both national meets were canceled,
and we cancel all practices for 2
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½ weeks.
On Saturday, March 7th, (VTC)
Velocity Track Club had two athletes
compete in the 2020 New York State
Public High School Athletic Association
Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The best track & fi eld athletes
from throughout New York State Public,
Catholic and Independent schools
were in attendance. To qualify for the
NYSPHSAA Championships, you had
to fi nish in the top two in your event
at your school’s state / sectional league
championship. VTC had two athletes
represent their school at NYSPHSAA
Championship. Jada Clarke, who attends
Nightingale-Bamford School,
is only in the 7th grade, but qualifi ed
for the high school state championship
in the high jump. Hannah Gadpaille,
who attends Monsignor Scanlan High
School is only in the 10th grade. This
is Hannah’s second year qualifying for
the NYSPHSAA Championship. Congratulation
young ladies!
Velocity Track Club New York is a
501C3 Non-for profi t. 100% of your donation
will go towards helping our
children. Support your youth, so they
can continue to do great things! If you
didn’t receive your written acknowledgment
required to substantiate a
charitable contribution, please contact
me.
For additional information, please
go to our web site Velocitytrack.org or
contact me, Coach Winston Dinkinsat
914-441-6196 or email WATCLT@AOL.
COM.
Velocity’s athletes, representing their schools at the NYSPHSAA Championship
Photo Courtesy of Velocity
BY TONY SALIMBENE
Although the exact
mode of virus transmission
is in debate, we may
take a cautious approach
and follow the current
guidelines on gathering
at events.
I will send out info on
our post meeting, Support
the Troops Fundraiser
and visitation
diner at Antun’s as soon
as I hear from those running
the events and by
BY LYNN GERBINO
Hello all.
Unfortunately, we
will have to cancel our
Tuesday, March 31 meeting
and will decide on a
various means of communicating.
Hopefully
April events will go on
as planned so don’t give
up yet.
Remember, we have
‘committees’ set up with
the commander for communication
purposes.
This has happened
before, we will survive.
Common sense and cooperation
helps. Of
course, be kind to each
other.
Joe from SAL suggests
checking on older
vets (Buddy checks).
Until next time: Keep
calm and wash your
hands!
BY PATRICIA
MACCAULEY-FABRIZI
The health,safety and
well being of our members
is of paramount importance.
Because of the
current public health
concerns surrounding
the Coronavirus we will
be canceling our scheduled
March meeting. The
meeting was scheduled
for Wednesday, March
25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Villa
Maria Academy.
It is too early to decide
about the April meeting,
In the meantime, if
you have any questions
or concerns, call our
association phone at
(718) 823-1814, e-mail us
at CCCAbronx@gmail.
com or reach out to our
Facebook page at Country
Club Civic Association.
Please let me know if
you need anything else
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month-by-month basis
whether to hold one or
not. Is is quite a mindnumbing
time in America,
but we will survive
it all.
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A sense of concern and outrage
is brewing in Throggs
Neck about a possible conversion
of an offi ce building into
an unwanted use.
Commercial tenants at
2800 Bruckner Boulevard received
letters to vacate the
property, and community
leaders have formed a coalition
to fi ght a possible alcohol
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While Bronxites prepared
to take a ‘bite out of crime’
at the annual August 1 Night
Out Against Crime, one crook
turned that around and took
a bite out of a local merchant
who tried to interrupt his
thievery.
A.M.A.F. Fashion business
owner Abdul Sol felt more
than an impact to his quality
of life on the morning of Sunday,
July 9, when a shoplifter
tried to leave his store with
a bag of clothing and Sol sufered
a severe bite on his left
rearm and a dislocated right
with the man.
At his 25 Westchester
Square store, Sol recalled how
the shoplifter had on previous
customer.
occasions
been a paying “He spent money here,
it’s not like I never saw him
before,” Sol said. “He came
around two or three months
ago and bought a pair of
shoes.”
But the Sunday of the assault,
the suspect asked for a
shopping bag, grabbed stuff,
and tried to leave, according
to Sol.
“I told him, ‘No, you can’t
take my stuff.’”
A fi ght ensued and Sol said
he “went to the ground with
him. I hurt my shoulder. He
took a big bite in my arm. I was
at the hospital until 6 o’clock. I
still have pain in my shoulder.
I still can’t lift my left arm.”
Sol said he had seen the
shoplifter associate with patients
from the Bronx Psychiatric
Center, so he fi gured he
was a client.
As Bronx Psychiatric Center,
on Waters Place, continues
to release its patients on
the street during the day, they
interact with homeless people
and drug rehab program.
Complaints have been
fi led with the city about beds
being moved into the building
or illegally converting it
into a residential building,
with some folks planning to
take legal action against the
landlord because they have
leases, according to multiple
sources.
Homeowners and renters
are also circulating petitions
to protest what appears to be
“a substance-abuse rehabilitation
program recruiting
staff” to work in the building
and lack of community notice
or engagement on what
may be sited at 2800 Bruckner
Boulevard.
“The community is defi -
nitely mobilized,” said Steven
Kaufman, an attorney who
is leading the Throggs Neck
Strong coalition looking into
the matter, adding “I believe
with mobilization, we might
be able to stop what they want
to do.”
Tenants in the building
say they got letters over the
last two weeks telling them
to vacate the building by
September, said Bobby Jaen,
Throggs Neck Merchants Association
president and coalition
member.
So far, at least 20 complaints
have been logged with
the NYC Department of Buildings,
including those concerning
“commercial space that is
being turned into residential
space” and those saying tenants
see “beds, dressers, mirrors
and chairs,” being moved
in.
As of press time, a meeting
of the Throggs Neck Strong
coalition has been planned
for the Crosstown Diner on
Thursday, August 3, with Jaen
expecting around 125 people,
following a lot of community
organizing and petitioning
that led to a forceful showing
at an earlier impromptu meeting
on Friday, July 28.
Anthony Mameli, Charles
Ruttenberg Realty’s Bronx
commercial real estate manager,
said the company was
planning a grand opening for
its new offi ce at the building
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