Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Crowd of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn Protest Over Arrest
Borough Park Arrest Sparks Protest, Street Fires
Residents Claim Ticket Blitz Reason For Animosity
Lou Young
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(CBS) BROOKLYN The street fires in Borough Park on Tuesday night began near the spot where elderly Arthur Schick was pulled over for talking on his cell phone and somehow ended up under arrest.
Those who saw all or part of the incident insist the NYPD's behavior was excessive.
When CBS 2 arrived on the scene, Schick's Cadillac was still parked curbside near the bakery he once owned that still bears his name.
Police said he became uncooperative when they pulled him over, and that he and three others who tried to intercede were arrested. As crowds of black clad orthodox and Hasidic Jews shouted complaints about the arrest, police moved in and tried to clear the streets.
Firefighters did their best to get to the trash fires, pushing, shoving and shouting.
At one point a police cruiser was physically blocked from moving until riot officers cleared the protesters away.
Many in the crowd complained of strained relations with the local precinct. Some suggested an on-going parking ticket blitz has this community on edge.
Residents Claim Ticket Blitz Reason For Animosity
Lou Young
Reporting
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E-mail It
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(CBS) BROOKLYN The street fires in Borough Park on Tuesday night began near the spot where elderly Arthur Schick was pulled over for talking on his cell phone and somehow ended up under arrest.
Those who saw all or part of the incident insist the NYPD's behavior was excessive.
When CBS 2 arrived on the scene, Schick's Cadillac was still parked curbside near the bakery he once owned that still bears his name.
Police said he became uncooperative when they pulled him over, and that he and three others who tried to intercede were arrested. As crowds of black clad orthodox and Hasidic Jews shouted complaints about the arrest, police moved in and tried to clear the streets.
Firefighters did their best to get to the trash fires, pushing, shoving and shouting.
At one point a police cruiser was physically blocked from moving until riot officers cleared the protesters away.
Many in the crowd complained of strained relations with the local precinct. Some suggested an on-going parking ticket blitz has this community on edge.
News From the Gay Sports Movement
There are two competing gay sports events set for 2006--Gay Games VII in Chicago, and what are now called the OutGames in Montreal. The latter is the result of a split in the gay sports movement after the Federation of Gay Games and Montreal could not reach an agreement on a contract for Gay Games.
Proposed Gay Games Event Divides Town
By DON BABWIN, AP
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (April 4) - Among the items on the City Council's agenda seems a simple matter: whether to give rowers a permit to have a boat race this summer on a small man-made lake.
Nam Y. Huh, AP
Crystal Lake, Ill., Mayor Aaron Shepley said he thinks the City Council will allow the rowing competition. Gay Games organizers would be treated like anyone else who has an event in the town, he said.
But because the rowers are gay - participating in something called the Gay Games - what would normally be a mundane debate about parking and street closures instead has become a heated battle between those who see the event as a threat to their small-town way of life and those who see such views as small-minded.
The City Council was scheduled Tuesday to discuss whether to allow the Olympics-style Gay Games to hold its rowing event in this 40,000-population suburb, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago.
Angry letters to the editor have frequently appeared in the local newspaper.
"Make no mistake: The purpose of the Gay Games is to legitimize homosexuality and make it appear as a wholesome lifestyle choice," wrote Tim Coakley, a critic of the games.
In the same day's paper, Perry and Christine Koste dismissed such views, asking: "How proud are we to live in such a narrow-minded, backward hateful community?"
"How proud are we to live in such a narrow-minded, backward hateful community?"
-- Perry and Christine Koste
The debate over the Gay Games was the subject of two city park district hearings last month. The full board ultimately voted to approve the race, sending it to the City Council.
If the City Council approves it, the race would only need permission from neighboring Lakewood, which also borders the lake, before the event can be held. Officials in Lakewood said they planned to approve the games.
One of the Gay Games' missions is to raise awareness about gays to reduce stereotypes - a point organizers discussed during the park district hearings, spokesman Kevin Boyer said.
"It is very difficult to disregard what these people said and just deal with how boats are unloaded and loaded," Boyer said. "You are going to say this is not right, and this is why the Gay Games are needed."
Most of the events for the Gay Games are set in Chicago. Organizers have said the weeklong competition set for July is expected to draw 12,000 participants, tens of thousands of spectators and pump more than $50 million into the economy.
The games, which started in 1982 in San Francisco, are held every four years and are open to gay and straight participants. Other sports include badminton, basketball, cycling, flag football and racquetball.
The furor in Crystal Lake about the games goes to the heart of why many people say they live such a community.
"There's no reason to start making things racy. If you want to go to Chicago to do that, that's fine. I'm not going to go there."
-- Sunita Stone
Coakley said one reason he and his family moved to Crystal Lake a decade ago was because "there is more of a family values kind of atmosphere" there.
It is the same with Sunita Stone. "There's no reason to start making things racy," she said. "If you want to go to Chicago to do that, that's fine. I'm not going to go there."
Such talk does not surprise Al Hunter, a Northwestern University sociologist who has studied local communities. Hunter said that as suburbs have grown, a number of businesses and industries have abandoned big cities in favor of outlying areas.
That means that as people work closer to home, they travel less to the city and identify less with it, he said. The Gay Games, he said, may feel like an outside invasion.
Mayor Aaron Shepley said the Gay Games organizers have made the event more about a statement on gays and lesbians and not rowing, thus putting Crystal Lake at the center of a debate about social values.
"To the extent that part of the agenda of promoters was to draw attention to a social platform, they've been successful," he said. "And to an extent, it's been at the expense of Crystal Lake's image."
Still, Shepley believes the City Council will vote to allow the rowing competition, and said Gay Games organizers would be treated like anyone else who has an event in the town.
"This is only an endorsement of the First Amendment and the anti-discrimination laws of the state," Shepley said. "That's all it is - following the law."
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04/04/06 04:07 EDT
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (April 4) - Among the items on the City Council's agenda seems a simple matter: whether to give rowers a permit to have a boat race this summer on a small man-made lake.
Nam Y. Huh, AP
Crystal Lake, Ill., Mayor Aaron Shepley said he thinks the City Council will allow the rowing competition. Gay Games organizers would be treated like anyone else who has an event in the town, he said.
But because the rowers are gay - participating in something called the Gay Games - what would normally be a mundane debate about parking and street closures instead has become a heated battle between those who see the event as a threat to their small-town way of life and those who see such views as small-minded.
The City Council was scheduled Tuesday to discuss whether to allow the Olympics-style Gay Games to hold its rowing event in this 40,000-population suburb, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago.
Angry letters to the editor have frequently appeared in the local newspaper.
"Make no mistake: The purpose of the Gay Games is to legitimize homosexuality and make it appear as a wholesome lifestyle choice," wrote Tim Coakley, a critic of the games.
In the same day's paper, Perry and Christine Koste dismissed such views, asking: "How proud are we to live in such a narrow-minded, backward hateful community?"
"How proud are we to live in such a narrow-minded, backward hateful community?"
-- Perry and Christine Koste
The debate over the Gay Games was the subject of two city park district hearings last month. The full board ultimately voted to approve the race, sending it to the City Council.
If the City Council approves it, the race would only need permission from neighboring Lakewood, which also borders the lake, before the event can be held. Officials in Lakewood said they planned to approve the games.
One of the Gay Games' missions is to raise awareness about gays to reduce stereotypes - a point organizers discussed during the park district hearings, spokesman Kevin Boyer said.
"It is very difficult to disregard what these people said and just deal with how boats are unloaded and loaded," Boyer said. "You are going to say this is not right, and this is why the Gay Games are needed."
Most of the events for the Gay Games are set in Chicago. Organizers have said the weeklong competition set for July is expected to draw 12,000 participants, tens of thousands of spectators and pump more than $50 million into the economy.
The games, which started in 1982 in San Francisco, are held every four years and are open to gay and straight participants. Other sports include badminton, basketball, cycling, flag football and racquetball.
The furor in Crystal Lake about the games goes to the heart of why many people say they live such a community.
"There's no reason to start making things racy. If you want to go to Chicago to do that, that's fine. I'm not going to go there."
-- Sunita Stone
Coakley said one reason he and his family moved to Crystal Lake a decade ago was because "there is more of a family values kind of atmosphere" there.
It is the same with Sunita Stone. "There's no reason to start making things racy," she said. "If you want to go to Chicago to do that, that's fine. I'm not going to go there."
Such talk does not surprise Al Hunter, a Northwestern University sociologist who has studied local communities. Hunter said that as suburbs have grown, a number of businesses and industries have abandoned big cities in favor of outlying areas.
That means that as people work closer to home, they travel less to the city and identify less with it, he said. The Gay Games, he said, may feel like an outside invasion.
Mayor Aaron Shepley said the Gay Games organizers have made the event more about a statement on gays and lesbians and not rowing, thus putting Crystal Lake at the center of a debate about social values.
"To the extent that part of the agenda of promoters was to draw attention to a social platform, they've been successful," he said. "And to an extent, it's been at the expense of Crystal Lake's image."
Still, Shepley believes the City Council will vote to allow the rowing competition, and said Gay Games organizers would be treated like anyone else who has an event in the town.
"This is only an endorsement of the First Amendment and the anti-discrimination laws of the state," Shepley said. "That's all it is - following the law."
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04/04/06 04:07 EDT
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
http://www.asaging.org/networks/archives.cfm?cg=LGAIN
Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network
LGAIN - An ASA Constituent Group
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LGAIN - An ASA Constituent Group
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Programs for Older LGBT Persons at The Center, Orange County
Mina (my domestic partner) and I attended a social gathering of LGAIN (Lesbian, Gay Aging Interest Network of (ASA) American Society on Aging recently which took place at the Orange county LGBT Center in Garden Grove. We were impressed with the number of program geared toward lgbt older persons at the Orange County LGBT Center (The Center) . See below. For more information on LGain go to http://www.asaging.org/networks/index.cfm?cg=LGAIN.
http://www.thecenteroc.org/Programs/Seniors/
The Center Orange County
12752 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
714.534.0862
Admin, Testing, & Sr. Services - Suite 106
Counseling - Suite 103
Programs - Suite 101
The Center OC Home
Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:43 PM The Center Calendar
Senior Survey
The Center Orange County Releases Report on LGBT Seniors.
Senior Services Program
Begun in 2004 with a grant from The California Wellness Foundation, The Senior Services Program is working to build a comprehensive program that provides support and advocacy for LGBT adults in Orange County who are age fifty and older.
Support
* opportunities for seniors to meet & socialize
* information and referral on aging services and LGBT resources
* counseling and support groups
Advocacy
* for senior issues and concerns in the LGBT community
* for LGBT issues and concerns in the aging services community including training of service providers
Needs Assessment Survey
* conducted from mid-2004 through mid- 2005 to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the specific needs and concerns of Orange County’s LGBT seniors.
* the report, LGBT Seniors in Orange County, will be published in early 2006
The Senior Services Program at The Center Orange County is funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF). Created in 1992 as an independent, private foundation, TCWF’s mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention programs.
Seniors @ The Center
Click to find out more about these activites sponsored by the Senior Services program. Then stop by and have some fun, learn something, and make some new friends.
Senior Social Potlucks
Senior Seminar Series
Seniors @ Shanti
Seniors @ Seal Beach
Out on Thursdays
Senior Services Menu
» Home
» LGBT Seniors in Orange County - Survey Results
» MS WORD Survey Results
» PDF Survey Results
Senior Services Contacts
Perry Wiggins
Senior Services Manager
phone:
714.534.0862 x114
email: Click
Corporate Sponsors
American Airlines Rainbow Logo
Our Business ExtrAA#: 527589
http://www.thecenteroc.org/Programs/Seniors/
The Center Orange County
12752 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
714.534.0862
Admin, Testing, & Sr. Services - Suite 106
Counseling - Suite 103
Programs - Suite 101
The Center OC Home
Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:43 PM The Center Calendar
Senior Survey
The Center Orange County Releases Report on LGBT Seniors.
Senior Services Program
Begun in 2004 with a grant from The California Wellness Foundation, The Senior Services Program is working to build a comprehensive program that provides support and advocacy for LGBT adults in Orange County who are age fifty and older.
Support
* opportunities for seniors to meet & socialize
* information and referral on aging services and LGBT resources
* counseling and support groups
Advocacy
* for senior issues and concerns in the LGBT community
* for LGBT issues and concerns in the aging services community including training of service providers
Needs Assessment Survey
* conducted from mid-2004 through mid- 2005 to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the specific needs and concerns of Orange County’s LGBT seniors.
* the report, LGBT Seniors in Orange County, will be published in early 2006
The Senior Services Program at The Center Orange County is funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF). Created in 1992 as an independent, private foundation, TCWF’s mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention programs.
Seniors @ The Center
Click to find out more about these activites sponsored by the Senior Services program. Then stop by and have some fun, learn something, and make some new friends.
Senior Social Potlucks
Senior Seminar Series
Seniors @ Shanti
Seniors @ Seal Beach
Out on Thursdays
Senior Services Menu
» Home
» LGBT Seniors in Orange County - Survey Results
» MS WORD Survey Results
» PDF Survey Results
Senior Services Contacts
Perry Wiggins
Senior Services Manager
phone:
714.534.0862 x114
email: Click
Corporate Sponsors
American Airlines Rainbow Logo
Our Business ExtrAA#: 527589
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