We will be back strong!

GOOD SHEPHERD SPORTS
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Registration

Thursday, February 4th – 7pm to 9pm
Sunday, February 7, 2010 – Following 11:00am Mass

**FINAL REGISTRATION**
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – 7pm to 9pm

Ron Subrizi Room
7:00pm – 9:00pm

www.goodshepherdsports.org
We encourage you to register early.
Baseball and softball players will be rated and teams will be drafted in early March.
*Late registrations will not be accepted

If you think riding your quad in the center of Marine park during a snow storm is a good idea think again. NYPD aviation will literally be on top of you.

The pair of quads walked their bikes of the park.

Christmas has arrived in Marine Park, in the form of truckload of Christmas Tress in the Avenue U parking lot in Marine Park.

Every year they setup and sell Christmas Trees of all sizes as well as all of the accessories and other Christmas items that you could possibly think of.

Currently, they are organizing all of their trees by size and pricing. Prices range from $25 to $225.

Here are some tips in selecting a good live Christmas tree! (via PickYourOwnChristmasTree.org)

1. Get a healthy tree – Don’t buy a tree that is losing green needles, or has dry, brittle twigs or a sour, musty smell. Excessive needle loss can be detected by vigorously shaking the tree, or dropping it onto the end of the trunk several times from a height of about 1 ft (30 cm). The loss of old dead needles from the inside of the tree does not indicate that there is a problem with the tree. Mechanical shakers can remove these needles, and reduce the potential for a mess inside the home.
2. Size of the tree – Do not buy a tree that is too large for the area where it will be displayed. Aside from paying more than necessary, up to $10 per ft (30 cm) of height, you will have to cut off a large section of the lower trunk, and possibly the lower whorl of branches. This might ruin the appearance of the lower part of the tree.
3. Bottom of the tree – Note the location of large branches at the bottom of the tree. Be sure that the handle is long enough to allow display of the tree without cutting off the lower whorl of large branches. USDA grading rules specify trees should have a handle 1 to 12 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) long per ft (30 cm) of height. However, some species are routinely sold without pruned handles, eg, Fraser fir.
4. Shaking the tree – When purchasing a tree from a choose-n-cut farm, have the producer mechanically ‘shake’ the tree, if possible. This will eliminate dead, loose needles, especially in species such as Virginia pine, white pine, Scotch pine and red cedar. There is less potential mess to reach the home.

This years Halloween walk was a mixed bag of fun and some disappointment. Disappointing only because the threat of rain forced the walk inside the nature center, and not on a trail like it was in previous years.

Fortunately enough…all of the volunteers stepped up and played the hand they were dealt offering the community a great event.

Once inside the nature center Marine Park Civic was offering free group pictures that they would print for you on the spot.

Local politicians State Senator Marty Golden and Councilman Lew Fidler were handing out apples and candy. After getting candy and apples for the kids, family’s walked into the nature center yard where characters were, then out the path to the street with more characters along the way.

Photo Gallery

26^th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN WALK
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Avenue U & East 36^th Street
1:00 to 3:30 PM

Wanted: Ghouls, Ghosts & Goblins…
To Haunt Marine Park on Saturday, October, 17^th
at the 26^th Annual Halloween Walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tour Guides, Make-up Artists & Stage Hands are also needed!
To Volunteer call the M.P.C.A. @1.718.336.7343
(please leave contact information so we can call you)
or The NYC Department of Parks@1.718.965.8913.

Volunteers will meet at the Nature Center, Ave U at 10:00 a.m. and will be provided with costumes, make-up and lunch before the event. Volunteers with their own costumes are welcome as are individuals who can assist part of the time (morning set-up 8 to 10 a.m. or afternoon take-down 3:30 to 5 p.m.).

If you have never checked out a photo gallery before please, check out the 2008 Marine Park Halloween Walk.

Saturday, October 17, 2009
1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

There will be no rain date.

Location:
Marine Park, Brooklyn
East 36 Street entrance of Salt Marsh Nature Center Trail

Cost: Free

Contact Number
(718) 421-2021

if you even more brave, click more or look below and see some of the pictures.

At approximately 10 a.m. today, there was a carjacking on East 34 St and Avenue S. Fortunately, the victim was not injured.

Following a long pursuit, the carjacker was caught and arrested by officers from the 63rd Pct. The perp fits the description of the man responsible for a series of recent carjackings in the 63rd.

We are pleased that an arrest was made and appreciate the swift response by the NYPD. My office will ask District Attorney Hynes to prosecute this individual to the fullest extent of the law as police information suggests that the alleged perpetrator is a serial and possibly violent criminal.