48 The Courier SUN • OCTOber 9, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS [email protected] A dear friend is lost It was over two decades ago that I met Nick Nubile of Whitestone, and I was saddened to learn that he passed away last week after unsuccessful heart surgery. It is a huge loss to his family but also to the community to which he was so generous. Nick became a strong supporter of Life’s WORC, the organization I founded in the early 1970s because of my daughter’s needs. When Nick learned about our cause and the enormous needs of the people we served, he volunteered to be on the board of directors, bringing his business expertise but also his big heart. As a caring, concerned person, Nick was selected to be our Man of the Year at Life’s WORC’s annual dinner dance. He broke all our records for the most money raised and we thanked him by naming one of our group homes in his honor. So well deserved! Nick was an innovative businessperson and had spent his career in the construction industry. But somehow he had a passion to open a restaurant, and he followed his heart and created a fabulous one in Manhattan, Piccolo Fiore on East 44th Street. Not only was the Italian food first class, but the environment he built was one of my favorites to visit. It was simply beautiful! One evening I took my gal pal Judge Judy there, and she, too, was impressed and asked to return! He loved that place like a parent with a special child. Nick’s kindness and caring will live on forever in the hearts of the countless number of people he helped. I know he is alive in mine. Sharing a moment of the Yom Kippur service As the day was drawing to a close I prayed for my family and friends asking for forgiveness for my sins and theirs. As part of the youth service, where I had the joy of all my five little grandchildren, the rabbi shared a poem that I feel captured the essence of the holy day. To hope again By Rabbi Harold Schulweis The last word has not been spoken, The last sentence has not been written, The final verdict is not in. It is never too late To change my mind, My direction, To say no to the past, And yes to the future, To offer remorse, To ask and give forgiveness. It is never too late to start over again, to feel again, To love again, to hope again... I wish all my readers a peaceful, happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. victoria’s secrets tweet me @vschneps Plan Your Work, and Work Your Plan .. Written by a Cop for Our Own Safety 1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do : The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do! 2. Learned this from a tourist guide. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives. 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON’T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR , LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything,wrecking the car. Your air bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes, bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location. 5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.) 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!) 7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern! 8. As women are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked ‘for help’ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim. 9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird.. The police told her ‘Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door..’ The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, ‘We already have a unit on the way,whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.’ He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night. 10. Water scam! If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack. Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors! Everyone should take a few minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life. 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