STORY BY
STEPHEN VRATTOS
Photos courtesy
of Linda Rappaport As NST said goodbye to 2018,
its residents also bade a
fond farewell to a pair of
individuals who collectively devoted
more than 80 years to serving the
community.
For 42 years, nearly as long as
North Shore Towers has been
open, Geri Cancro manned the
concierge desk of Building #1,
greeting and announcing visitors,
accepting resident packages, as well
serving as point person for Building
Superintendent John Kenny—who
retired in 2015—keeping him
abreast of Resident issues throughout
each day.
“She’s a terrific lady, who did
an incredible job,” NST General
Superintendent Steve Cairo said.
Duke Saganich began his career
at NST 41 years ago as a handyman,
dealing with minor repairs
in resident apartments, changing
AC filters and unclogging drains,
among others. After 25 years, he
transitioned to the office, handling
work orders, performing as
The Migdal Chapter of Hadassah at North Shore Towers presents…
a customer service representative
supervisor and acting as the go-to
guy in the Central Maintenance
office.
“Another valuable asset, we’re
really going to miss,” noted Cairo.
Residents and management
thank both Cancro and Saganich
for their invaluable service and
wish them many years of health
and happiness in their retirements.
Thank you!
NST General Manager Glen Kotowski, General Superntendent
Steve Cairo, Geri Cancro, Comptroller Robert Serikstad, Building #1
Superintendent Robert Isaac
(l. to r.) Security Director Chris Stahly, Customer Service Rep
Supervisor Pablo Portillo, Customer Service Rep Ingrid Evans, Duke
Saganich, Customer Service Rep Jeanette Cutrone, Glen Kotowski,
Linda Rappaport, Building 2 Superintendent Melbis Peguero, Robert
Serikstad
Speaker on a History of Jewish Life in Russia,
Past and Present
Photo courtesy
Oof Arnold Levine n Wednesday, February
20, Migdal/Hadassah
speaker Arnold Levine
will offer a comprehensive review
of Jewish Life in Russia. His
fascinating lecture will cover the
Middle Ages, Pale of Settlement,
Czarist Russia, Hasidic Movement,
Jewish Enlightenment,
Zionist Movement, World War I
and Communist Eras. Levine will also talk about his visits
to Jewish Moscow, St Petersburg and Birobidjan, the Soviet
Zion in Siberia.
Levine is well known to both Migdal members and
Hofstra PEIR Program members, where he is a frequent
and popular lecturer. His talk will take place in the large
Cardroom at 7:30 p.m.
All are welcome.
Calling All Brooklyn
College Graduates
BY JOYCE FREED
AND EDWINA KRUTICK Thanks to the many interesting and accomplished
B.C. Graduates who responded
to our January “Calling.” It was a success
and we’re doing it again! For those who have not
joined us, we extend an invitation to connect with
classmates and other alums at our next meeting,
Wednesday, February 20, at 10:30 a.m. in the
Coleridge Lounge, Room 1. The topic will be
“Brooklyn College at 89: Changes since you were
there,” and we hope to take advantage of the perfect
photo op the occasion provides before we adjourn.
BROOKLYN COLLEGE GET-TOGETHER
Wednesday, February 20, at 10:30 a.m.
Coleridge Lounge, Room 1
RSVP JoyceKF@aol.com
HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN RUSSIA,
PAST AND PRESENT
Wednesday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m.
Large Cardroom, below the Arcade
DON’T MISS THESE
EXCITING UPCOMING
HADASSAH PROGRAMS
• “The Last Mentsch: A Film
about Forgetting the Past and
the Power Of Remembering It;”
Wednesday, March 20, at 7:30
p.m. in the Large Cardroom
below the Arcade
• Book Club discussion of “On
All Other Nights” by Dara
Horn; Wednesday, March 27, at
2 p.m. in the Coleridge Lounge,.
• Annual Book and Author
Luncheon, featuring Jamie
Bernstein, daughter of Leonard
Bernstein and author of
“Famous Father Girl: A Memoir
of Growing Up Bernstein;”
Monday, April 29 at 11:30
a.m. at The Inn at New Hyde
Park. Books available for purchase
in March. Call Arlene
Augenbraun, (718) 423-3039 or
Bern Rosenthal, (718) 225-5347
February 2019 ¢ NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER 3
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