Michael Gordon Foundation
awards scholarships to St.
Catharine Academy students
(L-r) Kiara Bauza Ramirez, Ava Sepp, and Chelsea Santiago holding their
Michael Gordon Scholarship Award certifi cates encouraging excellence
in their academic pursuits. Photo courtesy of Saint Catharine Academy
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, N 60 OVEMBER 8-14, 2019 BTR
Action
Association
St. Catharine Academy
announces that the Michael
Gordon Foundation recently
awarded scholarships to
three St. Catharine Academy
students. Freshmen Kiara
Bauza Ramirez, Ava Sepp, and
Chelsea Santiago each were
awarded a $3,000 scholarship.
The late Michael Gordon
was born in Budapest, Hungary,
and studied the art of
handbag making in France.
He moved to the United States
in 1951, later became a U.S. cit-
izen, and eventually became
world-famous for his designer
handbags.
While his fortunes increased,
Michael Gordon
never forgot his humble beginnings.
In 1991, he established the
Michael Gordon Foundation,
Inc..
The mission of the Foundation
is to aid children under
the age of 18 in areas of Education,
Health, and Welfare. The
inspiration of his life goes on
through the work of his Foundation.
Church of the Master Community Luncheon
Join the Church of the
Master, 2783 Lafayette Avenue,
located on the corner
of Swinton Avenue,
for a hot lunch and warm
welcome at their Community
Lunchen.
The luncheon will be held
on Thursday November 14, at
noon.
The price for the luncheon
will be $12.
All are welcome.
To RSVP, call (718) 597-
6298.
Our special featured
speakers will be Senator Allesandra
Biaggi, Councilman
Mark Gjonaj and Assemblywoman
Natalia Fernandez.
Please bring your issues,
questions, problems and concerns
to our next meeting.
Issues get addressed and action
taken.
The Pelham Parkway
Neighborhood Association
works around the clock and
year round to improve the
safety and quality of life in
Pelham Parkway. We can always
be reached by email at
pelhamparkwayNA@gmail.
com.
Please look for and like
us on Facebook for important
neighborhood updates.
Please join us for these very
important guests. Get involved
in your community.
It’s time.
BY TONY SALIMBENE
My wife and I would like
to thank Brian, family and
staff of Brewski’s for another
fabulous Support the Troops
Fundraiser, musicians too.
Always great entertainment
there so check out their
schedule. Our amazing Korony
253 ladies have sent
eight thousand boxes overseas
so far. I’m sure they are
attempting 10,000 and will
make it, thanks to great our
patriotic neighbors. In memory
of Christian Engledrum.
‘Until they all come home.’
Remember Sunday, November
10 is our parade from
Lafayette Avenue to Bicentennial
Veterans Memorial
Park. Steps off at noon.
Monday, November 11 at
11 a.m. there is our annual
ceremony at the Winged Victory
monument. Please line
up at 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Other Monday, November
11 events include the annual
gatherings at Peace Plaza,
Williamsbridge Road and
Pelham Parkway and the
Van Nest Monument. Flags
for our neighbor’s functions
provided by John Dormi Funeral
Home and Joseph Lucchesi.
Of course, there is the NY
City Annual Parade is on the
11th.
Our Department of NY
sent info on where to meet up
and dress code.
Sick call: Joe M on the
mend. Get well soon.
Until next time: Fly your
fl ags and make every day
Veterans Day.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
There should be concern
about the partisan-tenor of
the statements Speaker Pelosi
issued in response to the triumph
of American special
forces in eliminating ISIS
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
President George Washington
famously warned about
the dangers of political parties.
He was deeply concerned
that dedication to party would
exceed loyalty to the nation
as a whole. While both sides
have their share of overenthusiastic
zealots, it cannot
be reasonably denied that the
leadership of the Democratic
Party, and its steadfast media
friends have adopted a slash
and burn mindset that places
the fortunes of party above
the national interest.
The raid on Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi was a substantive
victory in the War on Terror.
While ISIS will continue to exist
albeit in a weakened form,
it has lost a crucial leadership
element. Combined with
the prior destruction of the
ISIS caliphate by the Trump
Administration, signifi cant
progress has been made.
But that progress has apparently
not been uppermost
in the minds of Speaker
Pelosi. After giving due praise
to the military for its heroism,
Pelosi complained: “The
House must be briefed on this
raid, which the Russians but
not top Congressional Leadership
were notifi ed of in advance,
and on the Administration’s
overall strategy in
the region. Our military and
allies deserve strong, smart
and strategic leadership from
Washington.” (The White
House noted that Turkish,
Russian, and Kurdish forces
needed to be partially informed
since they had forces
in the region.)
Pelosi’s comments were
given prominence in major
media outlets. The Associated
Press reported: “ House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is criticizing
the White House for
failing to notify congressional
leaders before the U.S. raid in
Syria that President Donald
Trump says killed the leader
of the Islamic State group…
Pelosi says the Trump administration
must brief Congress
on the operation and on
the administration’s overall
strategy for the Mideast.”
Similarly, USA Today
wrote: “President Donald
Trump did not give House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi or other
key members of Congress advance
notice of the Saturday
night raid that ended in the
death of terrorist leader Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi. Trump
said he knew about plans for
the top-secret mission for
three days but kept most members
of Congress in the dark
because he feared the information
would be leaked to the
public and endanger the lives
of American forces. ‘Washington
leaks like I’ve never
seen before,’ Trump told reporters
at the White House on
Sunday. ‘There’s no country
in the world that leaks like we
do. And Washington is a leaking
machine.’
Leaks have been a signifi -
cant Washington news item
lately. Earlier this month,
WTOP reported that “A Defense
Intelligence Agency
offi cial was arrested…and
charged with leaking classifi
ed intelligence information
to two journalists, including
a reporter he was dating…He
was charged with willfully
disclosing national defense
information. The offi cial had
a top secret government security
clearance, and reportedly
‘accessed at least fi ve
classifi ed intelligence reports
and provided top secret information
about another country’s
weapons systems to the
reporter with whom he was
having a relationship’…The
arrest is the latest in a series
of prosecutions under the
Trump administration of government
workers accused of
providing nonpublic information
to journalists.”
The leadership of the
Democratic Party have had
a signifi cant problem with
leaks and internal security
matters. Former Democratic
Party National Committee
Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz (D-Florida) protected
her IT aide, Imram
Awan, who hacked house
servers. As National Review
notes “Awan, who worked as
an IT aide for roughly twothirds
of House Democrats,
was found to have gained
‘unauthorized access’ to
House servers in July 2016. …
Wasserman Schultz became
‘frantic, not normal’ and began
‘making the rounds’ to
pressure House offi cials to
kill the probe, according to
the Daily Caller‘s sources.
She reportedly attacked
House chief administrative
offi cer Phil Kiko, calling him
a “f***ing Islamophobe.’”
The partisanship-aboveeverything
emphasis by the
Democratic leadership is precisely
what President Washington
warned about.
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