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69th Pct. Council And SPECDA The 69th Precinct Community Council will hold a general membership meeting on June 23 at 8:15 p.m. The topic for the evening will concern itself with SPECDA, an outgrowth of the N.Y.C. Police Department. SPECDA, (School Program to Educate and Control Drug Abuse) is a program that was instituted in 1984 between the N.Y.

City Police Department and the Board of Education for the purpose of reducing eliminating the sale of drugs in the vicinity of the N. Y. schools while simultaneously providing school age children with an awareness of the hazards of drug abuse. In 1985, Councilman Herbert E. Beman, Chairman of the N.Y.

City Council Education Committee, led a movement which resulted in the City's award of 2.2 million dollars to the N.Y.C. Board of Education for this school based program which operates in each of the community school districts and City High Schools. The overall goal of SPECDA is to reduce the likelihood of drug usage among the students population by focusing on younger students who are assumed less likely to presently be drug users and by increasing student awareness of the effects and consequences of drug and substance abuse. Additional goals are to build a foundation for a constructive and ongoing dialogue between police officers and young people, and to expand a cooperative, educationally constructive working relationship between the Board of Education and the Police Department. In addition to operating programs within the school system, SPECDA also conducts an evening workshop for parents led by the same instructors that are involved with the students.

The aim of these discussions is to provide parents with information about drug abuse, to give them a greater awareness of the educational program attended by their children and to elicit their help in reinforcing the SPECDA message. The 69th Precinct Community Council urges all parents of school children to attend this vitally important meeting as drug abuse is a plague that has no socioeconomic or age preference. Parents dare not be complacent enough to feel that their children are immune from this disease. The meeting will entail a lecture and a visual presentation by the SPECDA officer. We urge your attendance.

Please bring your friends, neighbors and children. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served. Date Monday, June 23, 1986. Time 8:15 p.m. Place American Legion Hall, 1132 E.

92nd Street, Conklin Avenue. Canarsie Full Gospel Chapel Take the world, but give me JesusAll its joys are but a name; But His love abideth ever, Through eternal years the same. -Crosby' Thursday 8 p.m. we gather for our midweek service. Sunday 9:45 a.m.

is Sunday School time with a class for every age group including an adult Bible class. Our worship service starts at 10:45 a.m. In this service we will honor our graduates. In our evening service starting at 7 p.m. we will have a communion of the Lord's supper.

Tuesday 7:30 p.m. is prayer time. Grasp eternal values firmly, and you will hold loosely this world's treasures. A warm welcome to all! Page 46 St. Albans Church Father Bonner sends the Lords Blessing to all and invites everyone to worship with him on Sunday, at 10 a.m.

Sunday, June 22 is St. Alban's Day. There will be services on Friday, June 20th at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a light supper in the lower hall following services. On Sunday, June 22 a Solomon Eucharist at 10 a.m.

The St. Margaret Guild and Youth Group will make their corporate communion. On Sunday afternoon, the same day the patronal festivites will conclude with a program of music and song, and it is hopeful that every member will make an attempt to attend these services and bring a friend. Contributions of food accepted. See Mr.

Horley. A summer school program for our 5-12 year old children is being planned for St. Albans Church. For assistance in this program, please see Father Bonner as soon as possible. The entertainment committee has tickets for the family bus ride to Anthony Wayne Park.

Get your tickers early. Don't be left out. Faith Bible Church The following letter was sent to an aspirin manufacturer. "Dear Sir: You manufacture aspirins that relieve suffering, colds, and fever. The mixture used in your tablets make it possible for people to get out of bed and fight off headaches, muscle spasms, and bad nerves.

I have noticed those tablets work wonders on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays especially well on Saturdays. But people who take them on Sundays seem to get no relief. They cannot get rid of their headache and pains, and so are not able to attend church on Sundays. Is it possible for you to examine your tablet and put in an ingredient that will work on Sunday?" This letter was probably written humorously, but there is a serious point to it. What's your excuse for not attending church? Whatever it is, we hope you'll get rid of it and join us as we learn the Bible's answers to the questions of life.

At the 11:00 AM Morning Worship this Sunday, Pastor Phil Neetz speaks on "The Golden Rule." Later, at the 7:00 PM Evenings Worship, he will speak on "The Greatest Priest Who Ever Lived." New hymn books were dedicated to the Lord's use this past Sunday. At that time, a special "SingAlong" was announced for this Sunday evening. This will give us an opportunity to sing or learn some of the dynamic new songs now available to us. Everyone is invited! A Bible study to all ages is held every Wednesday at 7:15 PM. For children, there is a music training program every Thursday evening at 6:30 PM.

The group is called the Faith Bible Church meets right across from the subway station at 1410 Rockaway Parkway. Call Pastor Neetz for more information at 649-3224. SEAVIEW J.C. Continued from Page 22 Kalb, Richard Silverberg, Michael Torres, Karen Macklin, Susan Stakofsky and Joshua Young. Awards were presented to the outstanding students and diplomas weer distributed.

Congregation Election of Officers and Board of Directors will be held on Thursday, June 19, at 8:30 p.m. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Rosalind Gopen and Sam Brandstein. Hebrew School registration is now underway for the fall semester. Register in June and save. The Canarsie Courier, Continued from Page 6 As the body responsible for all budgetary and contracting decisions for the city, the Board has been repeatedly criticized as being undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Many public officials have complained that the Board cannot be representative of the City's constituency under a format where, for example, the Brooklyn Borough president, representing 2.2 million residents and the Staten Island Borough president, representing 375,000 residents, each receives equal voting power on city budgetary matters. As the relationship between the Board of Estimate and the Council now stands, it is like expecting Congress to obtain permission of all the state governors before passing the federal budget," said State Legislation Committee Chairman Robert J. Dryfoos, who sponsored the measure jointly with Majority Leader Peter F. Vallone. "The Majority Leader has set the restructuring of the board as his top government reform priority and I am in complete agreement with him," Dryfoos said.

The Board is an administrative body and has no valid role in the budget process which is, in every city in the land and in the federal government, a legislative function. The legislation also calls for the Mayor's preliminary and final management reports (submitted in January and September) to be presented to the Council, which would then hold hearings and respond. At present, both the Board and the Council can request the comptroller to advise them, at any time, on the fiscal and economic condition of the city, and the comptroller assists both bodies in investigating the financial situation. All of these responsibilities of the comptroller to the Board would be eliminated. The measure also transfers authority over the use of the traffic improvement fund and the real property fund from the Board to the Council.

Bus Continued from Page 3 will be $3.50. In Canarsie, the bus will pick up passengers along Flatlands Avenue to East 105th Street, and along Avenue before turning west to East 80th Street. The bus will stop on Glenwood Road to Avenue Avenue to Flatbush Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue to Cortelyou Road, before running nonstop to the intersection of Flatbush and Third Avenues. On the return trip, the bus will stop along Adams Street near Borough Hall and Tillary Street. "The timing for express bus service is perfect," said Borough President Howard Golden.

"With the downtown area growing so quickly and its work force increasing dramatically, improved transportation services are a must. "In addition, this bus route will be invaluable to Canarsie residents who must now travel to downtown by a combination of bus and subway," Golden said. Continued from Page 3 York State by Alan Silver on May 19, 1982, but his wife, Harriet, held one third of the shares in the company. The other shareholders were not named in the federal indictment. The Silvers are scheduled to be arraigned at the Federal Court Building in Foley Square on June 23.

Thursday, June 19, 1986 Apartheid Continued from Page 2 inevitable explosion to which the distraught country will succumb. We must speak out for equality now. It's what we've been preaching since July 4, 1776. If we do nothing more than endorse the black majority with words, then we are hypocrites. We will have nothing to be proud of as Americans, and the terrorists who killed our brothers in France and held them hostage in Iran, will have won the war.

Our people will have died in vain. If we openly propose actions to help the South African majority, we will be restoring and preserving the honor on which this country was built, extending our faith in democracy. We will resume once again our influential power and receive a newly found respect and reverence. STEP Continued from Page 2 While five students made the grade, 12 others enrolled in the session did not complete it. Antine said the program is strict to ensure quality training.

"We are very strict, as the cleaning industry is about punctuality and attendance," said Antine. "They were warned once, warned twice and that was it. In the cleaning industry, two days late and they're out." One of the graduates, Jerry Turner, was very grateful for the opportunity. "Some kids get out of college and can't find a he said. "Thanks to all the people here, we graduated." Although they were a little disappointed that their new jobs are not permanent, they were nevertheless confident they had a head start in finding a better position.

Sides was especially quick to point out his availability, as well as the availability of his fellow graduates. "If there are any openings out there, they can all us," he said. "But not for under $10.35 an hour. We're worth the price." Continued from Page 8 entering the country; fears over the questions that might be asked by the immigration officers; uncertainties about finding a place to live or a job; the unspoken fear of possible rejection. But the United States has always been a nation of immigrants.

People came to America seeking some kind of liberty that circumstances in the Old World denied them. It may have been the liberty to worship according to the dictates of conscience. It may have been the liberty of opportunity for the penniless son of an eastern European serf with little promise in life but hunger and poverty. it may have been-and may still be-the liberty of political freedom. The Statue of Liberty has come to symbolize all of these quests.

Lady Liberty is the symbol of America to both foreigners and native-born Americans. She is the result of tremendous effort by people from France and the United States. The statue became a realty only after long struggle; the liberty that this monument symbolizes can also-after long struggle become a realty throughout the world. Connect with COURIER CLASSIFIEDS SELL -RENT -LOCATE 257-0600.