FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com JUNE 6, 2013 • THE COURIER SUN 9 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF MIDDLE VILLAGE The Kiwanis Club donated $500 to help residents at the Middle Village Senior Center. Kiwanis Club chips in for seniors’ seats BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com The Middle Village Senior Center was the recent benefi ciary of a donation from the neighborhood Kiwanis Club. “It was an opportunity, and we decided we would help them,” said Tina DiTroia, president of the Kiwanis Club of Middle Village. The senior center’s rabbi approached the Kiwanis Club and said they were in the process of getting new dining room chairs for the center’s cafeteria. The Kiwanis Club’s board decided to contribute $500 to the cause. “They were very appreciative,” DiTroia said. “They were a bunch of great people, they were all so happy. That was really a great thing to see.” The Kiwanis Club and other neighborhood groups are also making donations to St. Margaret’s and Christ the King schools. “As long as we see a need and we know about it, we’re willing to help,” DiTroia said. If anybody in the Middle Village area with a little time on their hands would like to join the Kiwanis Club, contact DiTroia at 718- 821-9700. Bikes, kayaks get green light in Jamaica Bay BY TERENCE M. CULLEN tcullen@queenscourier.com Jamaica Bay visitors are about to get a little bike for their bucks. The Parks Department announced California-based Wheel Fun Rentals has received the license agreement for muchdiscussed bike and kayak stands throughout Jamaica Bay. A site in Queens opened at Rockaway’s Jacob Riis Park over Memorial Day Weekend, according to the Parks Department, with another site at Riis Landing expected to open in mid-June. “Millions of people visit the parks and beaches at Jamaica Bay and the Rockaways each summer and this concession provides a fun and new recreational amenity,” Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White said in a statement. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) were released in March to build stands around the park in a pre-Sandy project between the National Park Service and the Parks Department. Howard Beach residents were upset the Frank M. Charles Memorial Park was included in the proposals even while the park Photo courtesy of NYC Parks and Recreation The fi rst of several Jamaica Bay bike stands opened in Jacob Riis Park over Memorial Day Weekend. was in dire need of repairs. At Community Board (CB) 10’s April meeting, members asked a Parks representative to consider taking Charles Park off the RFP until something was done to clean it up. CB10 chair Elizabeth Braton said she’s happy Charles Park was not included in the plan and is hopeful authorities will focus on cleaning it up instead. “I’m very glad that they took our advice and decided go with appropriate locations,” she said. Braton added that the board would be open to including Charles Park in future proposals if a cleanup takes place.
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