50th Anniversary of St. Anastasia
Knights of Columbus Council
Grand Knight Frederick R. Bedell Jr. reports that St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911 celebrated their 50th anniversary as a council at the 10:00 Mass at St. Anastasia Parish in Douglaston on May 21st. The main celebrate at Mass was our associate chaplain Bishop Octavio Cisneros, who is also auxiliary bishop of the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese. We also honored one of our 50th year member , Joseph Stock as Knight of the year. We continued our celebration for brunch at the LaGrotta Italian Restaurant. Those in the picture from left to right are in front row: Frederick Bedell Jr.{ Grand Knight ], Michael Proto, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Joseph Stock, August Randazzo, Richael Turello, Deacon Vincent Lino Jr. Back row is John Ahern, Michael DiOrio, Frank Ruggieri,Leonard Sabatino and Vincent Lino Sr.
The Lost Hope from Park Slope, Mayor Bill de Blasio has managed to annoy, aggravate and consume the time of endless investigators and the citizens of this great city far too long. It is time for a clean break. No matter where you look, de Blasio and his cronies have set off another blazing firestorm of reckless behavior and very unwise public policy. Whether it’s the homeless crisis, the $10k debt per taxpayer, the building of prisons in every county, overdevelopment in our community, adoption of basement apartments as an affordable housing solution, his utter disrespect for those in law enforcement, mismanagement of city agencies, and his insanely absentee behavior in City Hall, de Blasio has proven to be a clear ZERO! The arrogance of this man and the entire “I’m above it all mentality” is sickening.
We are proud to have honored Tariq Rehmat at the Lincoln Dinner 2017. He is President of United Pakistani-American Christian Community and National Diversity Coalition for Trump Adviser. He was the recipient of the Republican Leader of the Year Award for his leadership and selfless service to the Pakistani-American community and Republican Party of the greater Eastern Queens community. He has proved to be a leader who works hard to pay back his gratitude to America, to make America the greatest nation in the history of the world. Joe Concannon, former NYPD Captain and City Council candidate in CD #23 was the presenter of the award. 
Our keynote speaker at the 142nd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner, was John Jay LaValle, Chairman, Suffolk County GOP, Regional Vice Chair NYS GOP and Trump Campaign Spokesman. Chairman LaValle was the recipient of the American Patriot of the Year Award, duly honored for his winning spirit in all his endeavors and above all, putting his country above his political aspirations, as a shining example of the true American patriot. The award was presented by Bob Turner, Chairman of Queens County Republican Party, and former Congressman from Brooklyn-Queens. Chairman Turner won the epic special election against longtime Democrat David Weprin in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, becoming the first Republican to represent the area in over eighty years.
Robert F. Holden, President of the Juniper Park Civic Association, was honored at the Lincoln Dinner for Lifetime Achievement. He was the recipient of the Harvey E. Moder Lifetime Achievement Award for his full devotion of time and energy to benefit the community, and his lofty accomplishments, not the least of which is the Juniper Park Civic Association, which he has shaped into one of the leading civic groups in New York State. The award was presented by James A. Trent, President/Founder of the Queens County Farm Museum, President Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Queens Village Republican Club and Lincoln Dinner Chairman.